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Mercer cuts mandates for Global Listed Property Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... infrastructure, and equity and debt in the private and public sectors. Previously, the managers for the Mercer Australian Shares Fund were Ausbil Investment Management, FIL Investment Management (Australia), Firetrail Investments, Greencape Capital ...

Pendal shutters Global Select Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... demands," Pendal added. Pendal recently scored a mandate from Mercer Investments Australia to help manage the Mercer Australian Shares Fund as part of an overhaul of the fund manager line-up that retained some incumbents and awarded new mandates at the ...

IFM builds Atlas Arteria stake to majority

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... security. This week, IFM increased its stake from 38.3% to 40.7%, before lifting it to 45.6%. It has now acquired further shares today, taking its direct stake in the toll-road operator to 50.1%. This takes IFM's total share in Atlas Arteria to 52.3% ...

Start-ups, small businesses win CGT reform carveouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
... have annual turnover of under $50 million, be in operation for less than 10 years and shareholders must have held their shares for at least five years. The start-ups must also be engaged in "genuine innovative activity." The concession will apply to ...

ASX puts 25% cap on new share issuances during mergers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
The ASX has put a 25% cap on the amount of new shares large listed companies can issue during mergers without first getting shareholder approval. "This gives shareholders a say before significant dilution. Shareholders are also given flexibility to ...

Mercer reviews small caps, Aussie equities mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2026
... retaining some incumbents and awarding fresh mandates at the same time. Previously, the managers for the Mercer Australian Shares Fund were Ausbil Investment Management, FIL Investment Management (Australia), Firetrail Investments, Greencape Capital ...

Musk's $106bn fundamental-defying IPO lands on Nasdaq

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2026
... biggest-ever stock market debut, valuing Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company at US$1.77 trillion. It floated 555 million shares at a price of US$135 per share. "The valuation being ascribed to SpaceX is, by any conventional measure, extraordinary. ...

Dexus executives step down over leaked airport data case

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... to its remaining shareholders at fair market value. In 2024 Dexus embarked on Project Mercury to sell some of the APAC shares managed by it. Under the shareholders' deed, however, Dexus was strictly restricted to giving out confidential data to outsiders ...

M&G new hire to bolster Australian insto ties

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2026
... sophisticated and developed pension markets globally, with a strong institutional framework and long-term investment approach. It shares key structural characteristics with the UK, making it a natural market for M&G," Godfrey said. "This enables us to ...

US and Aussie shares 'incredibly divergent': UniSuper

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2026
The artificial intelligence (AI) investment boom continued to drive US equity markets higher in May, while Australian shares delivered comparatively modest gains amid weaker earnings outlooks and pressure on the banking sector, according to UniSuper ...