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Insignia Financial receives bid from Brookfield

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... shut down rumours in January that it had received an offer from Brookfield. At the time, Insignia made an announcement to the ASX noting speculation Brookfield was actively weighing a bid, but said it was yet to receive a proposal. The bidding war was ...

Wilson Asset Management launches Founders Fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
... aligned with its strategy, show that founder-led companies have returned 21.6% per annum over seven years, outperforming the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index (9.2%). The documents said the fund will invest in "exceptional founder-led businesses," ...

Australian Wealth Advisors Group invests big in Sequoia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
... The Australian Wealth Advisors Group (AWAG) has become a major shareholder in Sequoia Financial Group. AWAG, which is also ASX-listed, has an 18.02% stake in Sequoia across more than 22.37 million securities. According to the 2024 annual report, Unrandom ...

ASIC initiates ASX outage probe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
ASIC has officially commenced an investigation into the ASX outage that occurred in late December. On 20 December 2024, the ASX experienced a "technical issue" on its CHESS Batch Settlement that disrupted and delayed several days' trade settlements. ...

ASX taps Westpac NZ chief risk officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has found a new chief risk officer, hiring from across the Tasman Sea. Westpac New Zealand chief risk officer Dirk McLiesh will join the ASX on March 3 following the retirement of Hamish Treleaven in September ...

Realm House hires from Plato

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... accordingly." Tung's appointment comes just as Realm has launched a debt-focused listed investment trust( LIT) onto the ASX. Realm said the LIT seeks to address shortfalls observed in other debt-focused LITs. "These include trading at deep discounts ...

Best Australian share funds of 2024: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... requirement of long-term wealth creation. The Hyperion Australian Growth Fund's top contributors last year were Wisetech Global (ASX: WTC), Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (ASX: FPH), Xero (ASX: XRO), Resmed (ASX: RMD), and HUB24 (ASX: HUB). The QVG Long ...

K2 appoints chief executive, wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... executive after serving as managing director and head of responsible entity (RE) and trustee services since 2005. Wight joined the ASX-listed firm in 2000. Prior to K2, she worked at PwC within its assurance and business advisory services division. Campbell ...

AustralianSuper welcomes AI tech competition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... investment specialist Billy Leung said Australian stocks are likely to weather the downturn given the limited exposure on the ASX to AI-related and technology stocks. "This could be a prolonged impact as the market adapts to the new 'norm,' that is ...

Martin Currie adds to active ETF stable

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
A new Martin Currie active ETF, which invests in local and global real asset securities, was admitted on the ASX today under the ticker R3AL. The Martin Currie Real Income Fund - Active ETF aims to provide a pre-tax income yield above the S&P/ASX 200 ...