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Insignia Financial receives bid from Brookfield

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
The bidding war for Insignia Financial has notched up yet again after the wealth manager said it received another takeover offer - this time from global investment giant Brookfield Capital Partners. This marks the third party to enter the bidding war ...

The regulatory pendulum has swung too far: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Blake Briggs has said the regulatory pendulum for the superannuation, funds management, and financial advice sectors has swung too far over the last decade under successive governments. It's time for ...

Atrium winds up global listed infrastructure fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Atrium Investment Management will terminate one of its funds, which is managed by Magellan Asset Management, as it was inefficient and costly to operate. The Global Listed Infrastructure Mandate No.1 will cease on January 31. Atrium told investors that ...

Cbus hits $100bn in member assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Cbus delivered double-digit returns in 2024, helping to propel its members' assets to the $100 billion mark. The default Growth (MySuper) investment option generated returns of 10.77% for 2024. The fund's High Growth investment option, returned ...

Global dividend strength to continue: Plato

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
Dividend growth trends in international equities are expected to continue in 2025 after global developed market countries paid out $485 million in dividends in Q4 2024, according to a new report by Plato Investment Management. This was an 8.3% increase ...

Insignia takeover heats up, Bain Capital ups bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
Bain Capital has re-entered the arena to vie for Insignia Financial, matching CC Capital Partners' $4.30 per share offer. Insignia rejected Bain Capital's bid of $4 per share on December 18, claiming it "does not adequately represent fair value" ...

CFS delivers 16.6% returns for growth members

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
Colonial First State (CFS) announced impressive returns for its balanced and growth equivalent funds throughout 2024. The FirstChoice Employer Super balanced option returned 13.8% in 2024, while the FirstChoice Employer Super growth option delivered ...

Insignia denies yet another takeover bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
Insignia Financial has denied that it has received a takeover offer from global investment giant Brookfield Asset Management, in response to media speculation. Making an announcement on the ASX, Insignia noted the speculation that Brookfield was actively ...

SG Hiscock adds to Melbourne team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
SG Hiscock & Co has recruited Jason Smit as a business development manager from Alexander Funds Management. Reporting to the head of distribution, Anthony Cochran, Smit will be working with current and prospective clients, strengthening and expanding ...

2025 economic outlook 'threatening': AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
AMP chief economist Shane Oliver has shared his "worry list" for 2025, outlining the risk of recession, trade wars and geopolitical turmoil. Oliver said just as with 2024, the list of concerns for investors heading into 2025 is long, and "even more ...