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SelfWealth juggles takeover bids

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... the Bell offer is in the best interests of Selfwealth shareholders." BFG made an offer of 22 cents for each of SelfWealth shares in November 2024, representing a $51 million deal if the acquisition proceeded; BFG was forced to increase the offer to 25 ...

Convicted adviser fails to appeal prison sentence

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... BTC, and Beta Pharmacology, and Grimm was the sole director for all businesses. Additionally, he dishonestly transferred shares and convertible notes owned by his client's SMSF into a company without adequately advising his client that he was the sole ...

CSC sells down data centre holdings to Future Fund, Infratil

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) sheds some of its holdings. CSC has agreed to offload 12.04% of the ordinary shares it holds in Canberra Data Centres (CDC). Under the agreement, the Future Fund will acquire an additional 10.46%, while Infratil ...

UniSuper prepared for buying opportunities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... best performing investment options for the 12 months to 31 December 2024 were Global Companies in Asia and International Shares, which both recorded returns well in excess of 20%," he said. "UniSuper's Balanced option, which is our default option, returned ...

Oaktree offers Star $650m lifeline

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... the casino. Late last year Perpetual halved its investment in the casino operator, selling around $26 million worth of shares. Additionally, in September last year portfolio managers for the WAM Leaders Fund admitted they "got the call wrong" when they ...

Our results were strong: Alexis George

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... view that AMP, as a "no-moat business," faces a trade-off between volume growth and margins. Morningstar said AMP's shares remain overvalued, arguing that the market underestimates risks to flows and margins from competition and market volatility ...

Janus Henderson turns $5.2bn fixed interest fund into active ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... (ASX:RSSL), which provides exposure to 2000 small-cap stocks listed in the US as the share market rally broadens into smaller cap shares," Global X senior investment strategist Billy Leung said. "We hope the fee drop on U100 will help investors leverage ...

SG Hiscock, Ruffer shutter funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... grow the value of our investors' wealth over the long haul," fund manager Ruffer said. The fund invests in AUD-denominated shares of the Ruffer Total Return International, a sub fund of Ruffer SICAV and in cash. The fund is a Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS ...

ETF industry passes $250bn mark

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... ETF industry grew by 35.9% or $79.9 billion. Vanguard made up three of the top 10 ETFs by market cap with its Australian Shares Index ETF, MSCI Index International Shares ETF and the US Total Market Shares Index ETF. Betashares had two with its Australia ...

Briefcase launches five SMAs on Praemium

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... portfolios aligned with achieving their individual goals," he said. Briefcase provides customisable portfolios of direct shares that reflect the characteristics of the index. It has managed more than $50 billion for the likes of BlackRock, BT, and Russell ...