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South Korea looks to Australia for next sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... will begin investing in early 2026. Plans for the fund have been in the works for some time, with the fund originally to total $100 billion in assets. However, in September it was announced it would be scaled up, with a focus on investing in key strategic ...

Hearts & Minds, WAM slash stakes in Corporate Travel Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... of shares in CTD within its Balanced option as at FY25. ECP Asset Management's Emerging Growth Fund had 7.8% of the total portfolio in CTD in early November, making it the second-largest holding behind its 9.7% stake in Block Inc. CTD was wiped out ...

Dexus doubles stake in Brisbane shopping centre to 50%

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... Dexus Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund's acquisition of 25% in Westfield Chermside in July for the same amount, taking Dexus' total stake in the asset to 50%. Dexus executive general manager for retail Kirrily Lord said: "This transaction leverages our ...

RBA hike may come as soon as February

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... economist Brendan Rynne said despite unemployment remaining steady at 4.3%, it is too soon to tell what the RBA will do. "Total employment fell by 21,300 between October and November, well off the market consensus expectation of +20,000 new jobs. However ...

Betashares-backed firm names inaugural managing partner

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... Australia's managed accounts sector. The latest data from the Institute of Managed Account Professionals (IMAP) reveals total assets reached $256.25 billion as of 30 June 2025, reflecting the sector's role in improving the efficiency of financial ...

Mulino looks to reform CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... million they have already paid this year. "This represents the biggest single allocation of the special levy to any sector. In total, financial advisers will pay $30.4 million this year - 45% of the total levy of $67.3 million. Using ASIC's adviser numbers ...

ASIC issues $2.2m infringement notices

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... MJ Bale Group received a penalty of $198,000, as the notice was issued after the unit value had increased. The penalties total a collective $2.2 million, which the firms have paid in full. The penalties were issued following ASIC saying it would increase ...

Brookfield, sovereign wealth fund sign AI joint venture

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... Infrastructure Fund, forming a cornerstone of its global AI infrastructure program which aims to mobilise up to US$100 billion in total global investment. Brookfield chief executive Bruce Flatt said he is thrilled to assist Qatar in investing in next ...

1659 First Guardian, Shield complaints reach AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has grown to 1659. AFCA said the latest figure represents the total as at December 3. AFCA did not provide a breakdown of how many related to Shield and First Guardian individually. ASIC estimates ...

68% pass financial adviser exam: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
Some 68% of candidates who sat the November sitting of the financial adviser exam passed, ASIC's results show. A total of 308 candidates undertook the exam, with 208 passing with flying colours. About three-quarters (75.6%) sat the exam for the first ...