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Perpetual mulls tie up with Partners Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... opportunities across the globe with the sole intent of building long-term value for our clients and stakeholders," Scott said. In February, Perpetual called off KKR's courtship of its wealth management and corporate trust operations and spinning ...

ASIC shrinks IPO timetable to boost listings

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... ended, ASIC said. ASIC chair Joe Longo said the initiatives are a direct response to its discussion paper released in February. "Earlier this year, we outlined our concerns for the future of public markets and called for actionable ideas to ensure our ...

Link Wealth acquires boutique advice firm

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... Wealth's latest acquisition comes off the back of it move to take a 60% stake in Hobart-based advisory firm Sky Advisers in February. "These deals reflect Link Wealth's commitment to building a national presence by partnering with like-minded firms that ...

ECB drops interest rates by 0.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... domestic price and wage pressures is generally continuing. Twelve-month CPI inflation fell to 2.6% in March from 2.8% in February, close to expectations in the February Monetary Policy Report," the BOE said.

iCapital hires Insignia exec to open office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... across the financial services sector in Australia and the UK. He also took on the role of head of superannuation from February 2023. Before joining Insignia, he was managing director and head of wholesale advisory at BlackRock's local operations. ...

Remara adds private wealth lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... Dixon's departure. Dixon joined FA Global Investors - the advisory firm of Jonathan Belz and Gavin Ezekowitz -in February. The duo welcomed Ben Dixon to the firm, which connects high-net-worth individuals and family offices with opportunities, as ...

Netwealth chair to retire, successor appointed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Netwealth chair Tim Antonie, who's served as chair of the wealth management platform since February 2021, will retire from the board at the end of August. Antonie's successor is a former Future Fund board member who was appointed as an independent non-executive ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... Colosimo noted that US shares climbed 6% in May, their strongest month in over a year, after skidding nearly 19% from February highs in April. Meanwhile, Australian shares increased nearly 4%, European markets advanced 4%, Japanese shares lifted 5% ...

Superhero plans 'mass affluent' wealth play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... Perennial Private, Regal Funds Management, Zip's Larry Diamond, and Afterpay's Nick Molnar. It follows a $3 million raise in February. "There's a huge segment of Australians who want to invest with purpose and direction but don't necessarily ...

ASIC sues former director of crypto platform owing nearly $60m

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... over multiple breaches of directors' duties. Guo was restrained from leaving the country following an interim order in February 2024 until September 20. On 23 September 2024, Guo left Australia following the expiry of the orders and has not yet returned ...