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Lack of confidence in US equities brings investors back home

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Geopolitical tensions and US trade policy uncertainty have continued to dampen investor sentiment, with many shifting their attention to Australian equities, new research found. According to Investment Trends' 2025 First Half Australia Online Investing ...

AMP Super delivers double digit returns in FY25

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
AMP delivered strong returns for its MySuper and Future Directions members in the year to June 30. For the period, members of AMP's MySuper 1970s, 1980s and 1990s options have achieved returns of 12.7%, 12.9% and 12.8% respectively. Meanwhile, MySuper ...

Potential Insignia takeover edges closer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
A final takeover offer for Insignia Financial may come within the next two weeks as CC Capital Partners "continues to actively work towards" making a binding bid for the wealth manager. Insignia confirmed CC Capital is finalising financing and investment ...

APRA expects 'no cutting corners' with CPS230

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
APRA is warning superannuation funds "not to cut corners" when in it comes to getting their operational risk management in order as the landmark prudential standard CPS 230 comes into effect today. CPS 230 Operational Risk Management effectively forces ...

TA Associates invests in Viridian Financial Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
TA Associates announced it will make an undisclosed investment in Viridian Financial Group to help the latter accelerate its next phase of growth. Viridian chair James Joughin said: "By combining the strengths of both companies, the Viridian board anticipates ...

ASIC appoints ASX inquiry panel

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
ASIC has appointed three panel members to conduct its inquiry into the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The inquiry is in response to the ongoing concerns around the ASX's questionable ability to "maintain stable, secure and resilient" market ...

Pinnacle founder Ian Macoun unloads $77m of shares

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Pinnacle managing director Ian Macoun, who founded the investment management firm, has sold nearly four million shares in the firm for $76.7 million; the proceeds are earmarked for reinvestment in its affiliated fund manager Metrics. Macoun made the ...

DASH undertakes fresh capital raise

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
DASH Technology Group is completing a new capital raising, with its valuation surging 59%. The cloud-based financial advice and investment management platform has signed a binding legal documentation with a new, undisclosed investor as part of an ongoing ...

Union redundancy funds in ASIC's sights

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
ASIC has released a consultation paper to seek feedback on whether the Corporations Act should apply to trade union redundancy funds. Consultation Paper 384, Employee redundancy funds, will seek feedback on whether ASIC should have the power to regulate ...

Super spending calls BFID compliance into question

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
There is still much room for improvement when it comes to super funds' expenditure management practices, with APRA finding some RSEs caring more about competing with peers than members' best financial interests, others not having revisited historic ...