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Super funds 'playing to their strengths' in private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
Super funds are proving a good case study for investing in private assets, according to Morningstar's 2025 outlook. "Australia's super funds have successfully pioneered investment in asset classes such as unlisted infrastructure and property for decades ...

Bell Financial takes lead on SelfWealth takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
SelfWealth is forging ahead with Bell Financial Group's (BFG) takeover of the trading platform as the latter raises its bid price to edge out its competitor. The two parties entered a scheme implementation deed in which BFG raised its bid price to 25 ...

Australian Unity Office Fund to be wound up

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
Australian Unity Real Estate Limited (AUIREL) has told investors it will delist and wind up the Australian Unity Office Fund (AOF), as flagged in August. The proposal involved the disposal of AOF's main undertaking and the cessation of AOF's real estate ...

HESTA to pay members impacted by COVID revaluations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
HESTA has agreed to make payments to two cohorts of members impacted by valuation decisions made by the fund in March 2020. APRA said in March 2020, HESTA made downwards adjustments to five single sector Choice options invested in unlisted assets but ...

'No alternative': ESSSuper sues Iress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
The $37 billion superannuation fund is suing Iress, saying there has been numerous incidents and breaches since they partnered which have had a material impact on the fund and its members. ESSSuper has filed Federal Court proceedings against Iress and ...

E&P Financial advances delisting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
E&P Financial Group will delist from the ASX after shareholders narrowly approved the move at the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM). Some 76.5% of E&P shareholders agreed that the company should delist at the EGM held on November 1. The delisting ...

Macquarie reports $1.6bn net profit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
Macquarie Group has posted a net profit of $1.6 billion for the half year ended September 30, marking a 14% increase from the previous corresponding period. Macquarie managing director and chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake said improved performance ...

Non-bank lender sued for dodging Credit Code

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
The corporate regulator is suing Oak Capital, alleging it deliberately circumvented the National Credit Code by writing loans to companies it knew were for individuals before repossessing their homes when they couldn't repay. Oak Capital is a private ...

Inflation falls within RBA's target range

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2% in the September 2024 quarter and 2.8% annually, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The September quarter's rise of 0.2% is the lowest outcome since the June 2020 quarter ...

HMC Capital makes $2bn acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
HMC Capital has announced it will establish a global digital infrastructure platform comprising the global DigiCo Infrastructure REIT, intended to be listed on the ASX alongside a new unlisted institutional fund. HMC will acquire Global Switch Australia ...