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PM Capital confirms proposal to acquire Platinum funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
PM Capital Global Opportunities Fund (ASX: PGF) has confirmed it made a play to acquire two funds managed by Platinum Asset Management. PGF revealed it lobbed confidential, non-binding offers to snap up Platinum Capital Limited (ASX: PMC) and Platinum ...

'Less revenue for us': AustralianSuper on closing multiple accounts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
Fronting the Senate Economics Committee, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) confirmed internal communications between staff at AustralianSuper played a significant role in shaping its case against the super fund. Senator Andrew ...

Chalmers looks to trade super pool for minerals with US

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... due to reach $1 trillion over the next decade. "So, Australia's superannuation sector has the size, scale and presence to play a big role driving new American industries and creating jobs. "By investing in deep and liquid US equity markets. And directly ...

TAL taps ex-CBA deputy as chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
TAL has appointed a new chair to succeed Mark Joiner, who stepped down late last year, while also adding another non-executive director. Former Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) deputy chief David Cohen, a 16-year veteran of the bank, will take over ...

AI is not a bubble: ECP Asset Management

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
ECP Asset Management principal, investments Justin Warton told Financial Standard that the artificial intelligence (AI) boom is still getting started, despite heightened valuations. "The market has seen this movement towards generative AI, and I think ...

SMSF Association names annual award winners

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
SMSF Association (SMSFA) has recognised four of its members at the 2025 SMSF National Conference, citing their excellence in self-managed superannuation and their contribution to the sector. The 2024 CEO Award was posthumously awarded to former Foxton ...

Payton Capital welcomes head of credit

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... Private Credit platform under HMC Capital," said Craig Schloeffel, co-head of Payton Capital. "Michael's appointment will play a key role in enhancing and maintaining our credit risk management capabilities, which are fundamental to the success of ...

AustralianSuper warns outdated tax laws will hurt returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
AustralianSuper has called for a modernised tax system, warning that without reform super funds will at the very least be bogged down by complexity and compliance costs - and likely left at a competitive disadvantage that could drag on returns. In its ...

Gen X remains the largest cohort in SMSF establishments: Class

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... their non-advised counterparts by 7.6% compared to 6.4% in the median rate of return. "The research found financial advisers play an important role in bolstering SMSF returns and helping trustees to avoid investment mistakes," SMSFA chief executive Peter ...

CSC sells down data centre holdings to Future Fund, Infratil

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
The Future Fund and Infratil will up their stakes in a local data centre services provider as the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) sheds some of its holdings. CSC has agreed to offload 12.04% of the ordinary shares it holds in Canberra ...