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Court sentences Ponzi scheme promoter

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
The Federal Court has sentenced the promoter of Courtenay House for his involvement in one of the country's biggest Ponzi schemes. David Sipina was handed down three years' imprisonment to be served via an intensive correction order after pleading ...

New tool will streamline regulation: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
The government has released a new tool with the aim to streamline and coordinate regulation in the financial sector. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the tool will help build a more competitive, dynamic and productive economy. "We want to make it simpler ...

M&A and IPO the 'gamechangers' for 2025: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... in Australia, while adding that there is a reasonable pipeline of companies waiting to be listed. "And private equity is a big part of it... they've been sitting on their investment for a long time, and they do have a fixed timeline, generally, where ...

HMC Capital unit beefs up Melbourne office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... asset classes, including residential, build-to-rent, commercial and industrial. Not surprisingly, Lynn has worked at three big four lenders - National Australia Bank, Westpac, HSBC, and Commonwealth Bank. Also landing as a relationship manager, CK Chang ...

The productivity bubble has burst: Productivity Commission

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... growth also underpins fiscal sustainability." "Even small changes that make the economy more dynamic and efficient can deliver big economic dividends and add up to major improvements in real wages and living standards over time," he said. "... policymakers ...

PE firm acquires Mason Stevens

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
A $2 billion private equity firm will acquire Mason Stevens for an undisclosed figure. Adamantem Capital has signed a binding agreement to acquire the managed accounts specialist. Mason Stevens chief executive Tim Yule said the transaction will deliver ...

Cbus to play key role in new Bluey movie

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
The newly announced Bluey movie is set to fetch big dollarbucks for Cbus members. Cbus members will benefit from the newly announced Bluey feature film, with the industry super fund a major backer of the movie's financier. Parents and children alike ...

AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... digital assets now accounting for 0.05% of its total assets under management - $57 billion. Flegg said crypto had "become too big, and its potential was too great to continue to ignore," though he also acknowledged that its "risky, new, and not yet fully ...

Betashares terminates nine funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
Betashares has pulled the plug on a range of funds because of low investor uptake. The ETF provider announced last week that it will be axing its Online Retail and E-Commerce ETF (IBUY), Digital Health and Telemedicine ETF (EDOC), Future of Payments ...

Australia home to 43 billionaires: UBS

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... each accounting for 24%. This is followed by the technology sector and financial services sectors at 16% each. "Just as a few big US tech stocks account for a larger amount of global equity market capitalisation than they did 10 years ago, so too has ...