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M&A makes rebound, creating higher-value deals: Deloitte

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
Stronger balance sheets and lower interest rates are among the main drivers of renewed momentum in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), according to new research. Momentum is building again after a period of relative pause, Deloitte's The Deal in Focus ...

Russell Investments launches private markets offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... private credit and real assets. The minimum initial investment of $25,000 gives investors access to a separately managed account structure, developed in collaboration with Ironbark, to give qualified advised clients of Invest Blue diversified access ...

Shield, First Guardian fallout calls for tougher scrutiny on research houses, licensee governance

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... AFSL holders, and technically because it doesn't contain advice. The research house is therefore not sufficiently held to account. "Rather than the fund manager paying for the research, the platform or end user should pay. A beneficiary pays approach ...

Strategic partnerships focus for global family businesses: Deloitte

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... 2030, Asia Pacific currently has the most number family businesses in the world totaling 7595. Family businesses currently account for 19% of all global business revenue.

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... there has been a lot of marketing and promotion that lower admin fees are advantageous. "It is. Every dollar that's in the account is money growing for a member. But that's coming at the tradeoff of the quality of service and things like the proper level ...

Local PGIM manager exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... the sales structure. With extensive experience spanning over two decades, Douglas previously worked as an institutional account manager at Principal Global Investors and, before that, held several roles at Franklin Templeton Investments, ING Investment ...

Complaints still too high: AFCA annual review

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority's (AFCA) annual review shows that in FY25, and for the second consecutive year, more than 100,000 complaints were lodged. In investments and advice, large scale collapses in the financial advice industry ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... criminal activities by scammers. It means retirement can be an emotional rollercoaster. "Some people are checking their account balances every second day, and they try and switch investments after market movements have already happened," says Hillier. ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... income protection claims. For most Australians, any life cover they hold is usually through their superannuation fund account, which creates two distinct but "complementary" processes in a claim, Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) says. In ...

APRA flags growing trustee complacency on retirement strategies

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
APRA is concerned about a growing lack of urgency among superannuation trustees to develop and implement retirement income strategies. APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole, speaking at the Innovation in Retirement conference in Sydney, said the APRA-ASIC ...