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Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... therefore what funds may be distributable to unitholders. At a recent parliamentary hearing, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chair Joe Longo 01 described the situation as being on an "industrial scale". "This is a very sophisticated ...

Can IPOs ever recover? Experts aren't sure

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... Investment Conference 2025, Pacific Equity Partners head of private equity Tony Duthie, Perennial Partners head of private investments Brendan Lyons, and King & Wood Mallesons partner Amanda Isouard explained the current slump in IPOs. Duthie confirmed ...

Superannuation system quality stagnates: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... include introducing mandatory funded private pensions. "Together with strong preservation requirements, these encourage investments by pension funds into a broader range of assets, including infrastructure and private markets," the report said. Citizens' ...

Fortitude launches Small Cap PE Fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... last several years, individual investors have increasingly embraced semi-liquid evergreen funds to access alternative investments. Brookman noted that private markets have become a staple for large professionally managed portfolios and through this fund ...

AZ NGA acquires majority stake in Geographe Financial Group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... stake in financial advice firm Geographe Financial Group (Geographe). Geographe has provided advice on superannuation, investments and insurance since 1976 for clients in Western Australia. In 2024, AZ NGA acquired AMP's Equity Portfolio and gained a ...

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

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... super-rich. Instead, it allows them to amass wealth and fund lavish lifestyles through untaxed growth in assets and investments. It's time we tax income from wealth like wages, and that starts by scrapping the 50% capital gains discount on profits from ...

ETF market hits $300bn milestone early

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... increasing investor demand, diversified offerings and strong trading volumes. "As more Australian investors turn to listed investments, and with ETFs set to play a leading role in the next generation of portfolios, ASX is proud to play a pivotal role ...

ART private equity lead heads for Middle East

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... ago. In this role, he oversaw strategy, portfolio management, manager selection, and underwriting for direct and co-investments within the asset owner's private equity portfolio. Prior to ART, Murphy served as an associate director at AMB Capital ...

Tim Unger to depart ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... veteran ESG expert Tim Unger set to depart at the end of the month. Unger, senior portfolio manager of sustainable investments, is tasked with research and reporting within ART's sustainability investment team, with a focus on helping to implement ...

Rest Super deputy CIO lands new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... joined Rest in 2014 and has held several roles with a primary focus on the fund's private markets fund and direct investments across unlisted property, infrastructure, agriculture, and private equity assets. Most recently, he served as co-chief investment ...