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Platinum quashes Regal bid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
Platinum Asset Management has rejected alternatives investment manager Regal Partners' takeover bid. Platinum's board unanimously decided that Regal's offer undervalued the company and wasn't in the best interests of shareholders. "The board of Platinum ...

Family office, KKR buy up regional Queensland airports

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
The Infrastructure Fund (TIF), Australian Retirement Trust (ART) and State Super have offloaded Queensland Airports to private equity giant KKR and Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar's family office, Skip Capital. Queensland Airports comprises Gold ...

ASIC, RBA handed new financial market infrastructure powers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... regulator has coordinated the removal of over 7300 phishing and scam websites as part of the government's 'Fighting Scams' initiative to disrupt scams and protect Australians from financial harm.

RBA doubling down on wholesale CBDC

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... transparency and resilience of wholesale markets through tokenisation and new settlement infrastructure," he said. "This initiative will form part of a larger effort to step up our engagement with industry and other stakeholders on the question of how ...

ASFA launches new initiative to fight financial crime

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has launched of the ASFA Financial Crime Protection Initiative (FCPI), a project designed to bolster the superannuation sector's defences against the growing threat of financial crime. In collaboration ...

Regal sets eyes on Platinum takeover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
Platinum Asset Management has confirmed it received a non-binding indicative proposal from Regal Partners. Platinum said it received the unsolicited proposal from Regal to acquire all the shares in Platinum via a scheme of arrangement. Under the offer ...

AMP hires GM risk, compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
AMP has appointed a new general manager of risk, compliance, and policy who recently finished up at ClearView. Cloe Reece joined the wealth manager this month after spending more than two years as ClearView's chief risk officer, where she led the ...

Challenger goes for growth with State Street

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
Challenger has selected State Street to provide administration and custody services, saying the partnership will support several new global business initiatives. The decision will see some Artega Investment Administration staff transition to the custody ...

Macquarie AM, PSP Investments sell AirTrunk stake to Blackstone, CPP Investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) and Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) have sold the entirety of their respective interests in AirTrunk to private equity giant Blackstone and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP ...

Funds SA exec jumps ship

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
Tony Keenan has left the $43 billion investment corporation after a seven-year stint as executive manager of corporate engagement. Keenan left the organisation in August and was a core member of Funds SA's close-knit leadership team. Keenan plans ...