Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 211 - 220 of 7835 results for "Open"

Betashares names director of private assets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
James Fleiter, a former member of the institutional sales team at Ares Management Australia, has joined Betashares as the exchange-traded funds provider expands into private credit. Fleiter joins as director of private assets after taking three months' ...

QIC offloads Victorian shopping centre for $440m

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... period. "AFM is acquiring its share of the asset on behalf of investors in its diversified fund series, which will shortly open for a new equity raise, and a new syndicate of high-net-worth investors." Meanwhile, PGIM Real Estate managing director and ...

ASX offloads interest in Digital Asset

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has sold its shareholding in Digital Asset Holdings, the firm it partnered with in 2016 to build the doomed CHESS replacement. The sale price is approximately $57 million, with a pre-tax gain of about $42 million ...

BFA Global heads offshore

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Private assets investment manager BFA Global Investors is expanding into Singapore as the firm looks to capitalise on growing institutional demand across Asia-Pacific markets. The move marks a significant milestone for the investment manager led by ...

Government to convene a productivity roundtable

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... Commission. He also said that Albanese "saddled the economy with thousands of new regulations." However, he added "we're open to being constructive."

ASIC shrinks IPO timetable to boost listings

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... year, we outlined our concerns for the future of public markets and called for actionable ideas to ensure our markets remain open, efficient and attractive to investors. I'm proud of how quickly we've been able to work with industry participants ...

iCapital hires Insignia exec to open office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Alternative investment platform iCapital has appointed Mark Oliver as head of client solutions for Australia ahead of opening a Sydney office, signaling the New York-based fintech's push into the local market. Oliver will be responsible for building ...

Stakeholders ask ASIC for tougher private markets regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
ASIC is facing growing pressure to up the ante on regulating private markets, particularly private credit, as key stakeholders fear offerings are becoming increasingly accessible to retail investors. In response to the inaugural discussion paper that ...

Dai-ichi Life acquires 15% of M&G

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
Dai-ichi Life HD, which owns TAL, will acquire 15% of British asset manager M&G, with the two establishing a long-term strategic partnership across asset management and life insurance. Under the partnership, which is expected to produce at least US$6 ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
The country's financial services regulator unveils its 'capacity building' plans as sustainability reporting becomes a mandatory requirement for small to large Australian businesses - but it was its passing update on greenwashing as an enforcement ...