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Iress hunts for new chief, takeover talks progress

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... while in the thick of takeover talks with Blackstone and Thoma Bravo. Iress provided an update on Price's future with the company this morning, saying it has been "in discussions with the Iress board with regard to an orderly chief executive transition ...

WAM eyes Platinum LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... Asset Management (WAM) is making a play to be the investment manager of a Platinum Asset Management listed investment company, offering a non-binding, indicative proposal. WAM is proposing to take over the investment management function of ASX-listed ...

Funds SA finalises investment team overhaul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... you've got the three interchangeables and we work well together, and then that extends across the team, across the company, and across the clients as well," he said. "There is more focus and structure in the roles, but the people here are good enough ...

Adamantem Capital buys IT provider from EQT

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... Nexon has grown from 150 employees to over 600 and registered more than five-fold growth in sales revenue, EQT said. The company is also serving more than 1000 mid-market and enterprise customers in Australia. EQT Private Capital Australia partner and ...

PC suggests removing excessive entry requirements for advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... a positive step in the right direction," he said. The PC report also recommended revising requirements for Registered Company Auditors (RCAs) by introducing a tier of licensing for lower-risk assurance activities. "The entry requirements for RCAs are ...

Legalsuper appoints chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... compliance in Kaye Wheatley-Brown, who has now taken on the role of executive manager, governance. She also doubles as company secretary. Wheatley-Brown is the fund's longest-serving executive, having joined the leadership team in January 2017. Legalsuper ...

Pacific Equity Partners takes stake in data centres

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... business at up to $705 million. All of Spark's data centre assets and operations are being piled into a new stand-alone company, known as DC Co for now. It will have its own board, management team and debt financing facilities. It's expected PEP will ...

Iress deputy chief made redundant, takeover talks confirmed

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... redundant as it confirms it is in takeover talks with private equity firms Blackstone and Thoma Bravo. The ASX-listed company this morning announced that deputy chief executive Harry Mitchell will exit the business following a leadership restructure ...

Trump signs order to open 401(k)s to private markets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... restricted from investing in alternative assets, it said, "hindering workers' retirement growth." According to the Investment Company Institute, as at March end total retirement assets in the US sat at US$43.4 trillion. Of this, about US$12.2 trillion ...

Sharesies adds private equity solutions

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
Investment app Sharesies is entering the private equity space, introducing solutions for private companies in Australia and New Zealand. The group said private companies will be able to streamline private share registries, automate administrative tasks ...