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ASIC calls on AFS licensees to 'step up'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... and verification practices, in addition to their share sale fraud detection practices. ASIC added that AFS licensees that deal in securities have a critical role in preventing and detecting share sale fraud, both individually and collectively. "In the ...

TWG Global to acquire LA Lakers: Reports

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... Lakers. In early May, TWG Global made a 5% investment Mubadala Capital, the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi. Under the deal, Mubadala will anchor and lead a $15.6 billion (US$10bn) syndicated investment in TWG Global as part of a broader $23.4 billion ...

L1 Capital, Platinum merger inches closer to reality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... being had on the basis that L1 Capital shareholders would own about 75% of the shares in Platinum at the completion of the deal. This has now dropped to 74%, while Platinum shareholders will own 26%. This split was on the basis that the combined entity ...

Geopolitical risks force family offices into alternatives, cash: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... especially when it comes to private markets. More than half noted gaps in their internal expertise around reporting (57%), deal-sourcing (63%), and private-market analytics (75%). Around one-quarter (22%) have used an outsourced chief investment officer ...

QIC offloads Victorian shopping centre for $440m

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
The Lowy Family Group-backed Assembly Funds Management (AFM) has struck a deal with PGIM Real Estate to jointly acquire QIC's Woodgrove Shopping Centre in Melton, Victoria for $440 million. The single-level centre, spanning over 27 hectares of land ...

Firms rebuffing AFCA determinations should be named: FAAA, professional bodies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... they support the proposed changes to force paid representatives to use approved AFCA processes and for AFCA to refuse to deal with a third party where they are not a member of AFCA, despite being required to be by their AFSL. "We also support the ability ...

Msquared Capital secures $150m warehouse facility with Australian bank

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
Private credit manager Msquared Capital has established its inaugural $150 million warehouse facility in partnership with "a leading Australian bank." Msquared said that the partnership marked a significant step in the firm's evolution, positioning ...

BFA Global heads offshore

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Private assets investment manager BFA Global Investors is expanding into Singapore as the firm looks to capitalise on growing institutional demand across Asia-Pacific markets. The move marks a significant milestone for the investment manager led by ...

Aussies feeling FOMO on private markets: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... look forward to seeing how access to private assets improves for individual investors as platforms build the technology to deal with lower liquidity and less frequent valuations, and investment managers create more evergreen funds," Watson said. It comes ...

Telegram pump and dump schemers plead guilty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
Almost a year after criminal charges were brought against them, four people who were part of the 'ASX Pump and Dump Group' have pleaded guilty. In July 2024, four individuals were charged with conspiracy to commit market rigging and false trading, to ...