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Desktop Broker to deliver direct indexing via partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
Desktop Broker, part of Bell Financial Group, has partnered with direct indexing platform Briefcase to deliver direct indexing capabilities and institutional-grade ETF model portfolios to financial advisers and wholesale investors. With direct indexing ...

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 ...

Hollywood actors lobby pension fund to dump fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
More than 200 actors have signed an open letter to the trustees of the SAG-Producers Pension Plan asking it to divest from fossil fuels and redirect the assets into responsible investments. Members of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation ...

Australia's largest real estate fundie pulls ahead of the pack

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
Australia's largest real estate fund manager has widened its lead over competitors in the past year, according to a new industry survey. Charter Hall cemented its spot at the summit, continuing its reign as the nation's largest real estate manager with ...

JANA executive jumps to Channel

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... construction and risk and deputy chair of the investment committee. Commenting, Channel's managing director, Glen Holding, said the timing was perfect. "As we continue to expand our access to many of the world's premier investment managers, we ...

Equity Trustees rapped over the knuckles by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Equity Trustees was fined nearly $60,000 by the regulator for making misleading statements about the holdings of a sustainable bond fund. Equity Trustees agreed to pay three infringement notices totalling $56,340 over allegations it made misleading ...

En garde: New fund eyes Vanguard, Betashares' turf

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... capture a larger share of the total ETF marketplace. Currently, it ranks as the sixth-largest ETF issuer in Australia, holding a 3.9% market share. Notably, the recent registrations could either reflect final product names or serve as placeholders. The ...

TAL partners to expand access to affordable insurance

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... 30% of Australians are confident in their knowledge of "fully underwritten" policies despite half of these respondents holding a life insurance product. Its research also found more Australians are prioritising life insurance, with two in five (60%) ...

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 ...

Labor proposes changes to ancillary funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... applies. Labor said it broadly agrees with the Productivity Commission's principles and suggested range of rates. Treasury is holding roundtables and wants participation from giving funds, charities that receive support from giving funds, advisers to ...