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APRA flags growing trustee complacency on retirement strategies

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... entering retirement would mean an estimated rise of retirement products from $575 billion to $3 trillion in 20 years' time. To deal with this, Cole said, trustees will need to be prepared to manage the significant risks including cyber, operational ...

More suitors line up for Iress

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... at the time of writing. In 2021, private equity firm EQT tried to take over Iress by offering $15.91 per share, making the deal worth nearly $3 billion. The two parties walked away when they were unable to agree to a transaction.

Future Fund recruits energy heavyweight

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has appointed an experienced energy executive to lead its energy transition strategy. Kay Stuart joins as executive director of energy transition and will sit within the Future Fund's real assets team. Stuart ...

Family trusts safe from reform for now: Mulino

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino has said the government is not currently looking at reforming the tax treatment of family trusts. Appearing on Sky News this morning to discuss this week's changes to Division 296, Mulino was asked whether ...

Macquarie sells data centres in landmark deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... grown from two operational facilities in the US to 50 data centres across the US, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Colombia. The deal has an enterprise value of $61.5 billion (US$40bn) and is expected to close in the first half of next year. It marks the largest ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... holdings in Shield and marking them down by as much as 75%. "I've heard Joe Longo saying that ASIC needs more power to deal with registered managed investment schemes, and I would be interested to know what powers he thinks they lack, because the ...

Fortitude launches Small Cap PE Fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... launched a Small Cap PE Fund, targeting lower mid-market opportunities in private equity. The evergreen fund will invest in deal flows in health, digitalisation and technology, energy transition and food and beverage. With a minimum investment of $100,000 ...

AZ NGA acquires majority stake in Geographe Financial Group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... AZ NGA acquired AMP's Equity Portfolio and gained a minority stake in Geographe along with 15 other advice businesses. The deal will see Geographe founder Bill O'Byrne retire, while Geographe director Craig Gibson will wind back day-to-day operational ...

ASIC exposes holes in managed funds' offshoring cyber controls

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... information relating to a third-party authority sent to the Vision Super. Allegedly, a Vision Super representative declined to deal with the employee after asking where she was physically located. Addressing REs, ASIC warned that "failing to adequately ...

Australian economy 'at a crossroads': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... effect, however the latest US-China frictions show there is no room for complacency, the report said. A comprehensive US-China deal still remains elusive despite most US trading partners now having settled reciprocal rates. The US economy is absorbing ...