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ASIC seeks compensation for Shield victims from EQT

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
ASIC has updated its Statement of Claim in the proceedings against Equity Trustees (EQT) to include a claim for compensation for losses incurred by members of the AMG Super and Super Simplifier platforms who invested in Shield Master Fund. This is in ...

Removing CGT breaks could boost budget by $22.7bn: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
A new report by anti-poverty organisation Oxfam Australia (Oxfam) revealed nearly 50% of the capital gains tax discount went to 24,000 people who earned over $1 million in 2022-2023. Findings indicate that on average, each of these individuals received ...

MSCI launches global framework for private assets

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) have launched MSCI PACS, a new proprietary asset classification framework for private markets. MSCI PACS was designed to streamline organisation, comparability and consistency to private market assets, from ...

Super moves: CareSuper, Hostplus, Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
CareSuper has appointed Matt Macdonald as portfolio manager within the private equity team. The private equity specialist joins from AustralianSuper where he worked as a senior investment analyst for over four years. Before that, he spent an equivalent ...

Rest Super deputy CIO lands new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
Rest Super will say goodbye to one of its top investment leaders after Simon Esposito resigned from his role as head of private markets and deputy chief investment officer. The $93 billion superannuation fund for retail workers, confirmed it is currently ...

MA Financial makes $525m acquisition

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
MA Financial Group will become the manager of Top Ryde City Shopping Centre following the acquisition of the site in a joint venture with a Singaporean real estate investment trust for $525 million. Keppel REIT will provide a 75% co-investment with ...

ASIC raises alarm on auditor independence, conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
Too many auditors are failing the independence test and breaching conflicts of interest obligations, according to an ASIC investigation. A review of 15 audit firms saw nine did not meet rotation requirements while five of them had "relevant relationships" ...

Platform trustees told to improve investment governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
The regulator has written to platform trustees in the wake of the First Guardian and Shield Master Fund collapses, alerting them to the need to strengthen their investment governance processes. In its letter, it shared initial findings from the thematic ...

Eildon recommends Samuel Terry takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
Eildon Capital Group (EDC) is urging shareholders to accept Samuel Terry Asset Management's off-market takeover bid. Eildon's independent board committee told shareholders to accept Samuel Terry's offer, which recently went up from $0.80 per security ...

Australian women most likely to retire early

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
A fifth of women globally are planning to leave the workforce before retirement age, with the problem most prevalent in Australia, according to new research from the British Standards Institution. The research found early departure was most prevalent ...