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CC Capital drags feet on Insignia takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
... finalised the outsourcing of about 1300 staff who worked in the master trust business to SS&C Technologies after striking a deal in February. Staff working in administration, technology and digital teams that support Insignia's master trust business ...

Aware Super completes $1bn of acquisitions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
... the partnership with Aware Super. "With Aware Super, an exceptional partner, we are able to leverage capital strength with deal sourcing, investment, and asset management capabilities to work together to create a market-leading portfolio, which will ...

ASIC fines advice groups over unregistered advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
Two advice licensees have paid infringement notices after they were found to have authorised advisers and had them provide personal advice while unregistered. Skye Money and Smart Financial Capital have both paid fines of $31,300 to ASIC for authorising ...

TAL, Challenger help launch MLC Retirement Boost

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
... and flexibility to deliver personalised retirement income strategies to advised clients in the next 12-18 months. In the deal, Challenger will deliver the retirement expertise and distribution services. "Backed by 40 years' experience in retirement ...

MA Financial gives $200m to legal finance platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
... and goal of delivering real-world impact, while also providing a strong credit investment opportunity for our clients." The deal was highly competitive, with three major banks and four institutional credit funds submitting term sheets, highlighting the ...

Section 899 ditched but companies face tax uncertainties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
... to these tax changes," he said. There are now lingering issues post-carveout. These are namely the conditions behind the deal that forged the exclusion of section 899 that sits within the Pillar 2 tax - a proponent of the OECD/G20 Two-Pillar Solution ...

Macquarie lines up $240m deal for new data centre

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
... Group has entered into a put and call option to purchase a large parcel of land for a new data centre campus in Sydney. The deal, worth $240 million, intends to construct a new data centre campus in stages that is expected to deliver more than 150 MW ...

Betashares acquires InvestSense, launches Trellia Wealth Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
Betashares is acquiring managed accounts business InvestSense to create Trellia Wealth Partners out of the deal. Trellia will have about $8 billion in funds under management and will operate as a standalone business, of which Betashares will contribute ...

Platinum, L1 merger to help fight 'organic business decline'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... flows over the last seven years with the exception of the coronavirus-stricken fiscal 2020." Despite the positives to the deal, Ler said both entity's management fees are above peer averages, which puts them at a disadvantage for fee-conscious investors. ...

Licensee compliance head banned over fees for no service

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
The former head of compliance at a now defunct advice licensee has been banned for three years over the way he dealt with an adviser's fees for no service misconduct. Former Crown Wealth Group director and head of compliance Andrew Moore has been banned ...