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Section 899 ditched but companies face tax uncertainties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
... Australia are not out of the woods yet. In negotiations, G7 nations - which excludes Australia - comprising the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, convinced US policymakers to ditch section 899 at the last hour. The sweetheart deal meant ...

Local assets help deliver 12% for ART

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
... Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) sold all their stakes in AirTrunk to Blackstone and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) in a deal worth over $24 billion. ART also sold its minority stake in the ...

Pension leaders urge US 401(k) plans to embrace private markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... most US DC plans allocate less than 5% to alternatives. In contrast, peer systems in Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Canada, and Australia allocate 15-40% of their total portfolios to private markets, with real estate often accounting for half that ...

ASIC puts 18 finfluencers on notice amid global campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... finfluencers with more than one million followers to request they remove posts from their social media accounts. Meanwhile, Canada's BC Securities Commission issued 74 letters to YouTubers and others from around the world who promoted listed companies ...

ETF Shares to bolster sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... Despite the market growing at a 30% CAGR, it remains highly concentrated, with only seven index ETF issuers. By comparison, Canada has over 20 and the UK over 30. Taylor brings international experience from roles at Franklin Templeton and Schroders in ...

Regal Partners charts US expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... senior executive in North America, who would focus on servicing and growing the fund manager's client base in the US and Canada. It comes as Regal expects further growth in its offshore activities; it currently has representation in Singapore, is building ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... domestically, with the goal of emulating Canadian pension funds and Australian superannuation funds. "Evidence from Australia and Canada shows that this size allows pension funds to invest in big infrastructure projects and private businesses, boosting ...

ASIC accuses Kalkine of providing unlicensed advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... stock analysis and buy, hold and sell reports via a subscription service for retail investors. It operates in Australia, Canada, the UK and US. ASIC has imposed new licence conditions on Kalkine's Australian financial services licence (AFSL) to ensure ...

Franklin Templeton brings Lexington Partners PE fund down under

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... FLEX-I has over US$875 million ($1.4bn) in assets under management (AUM) from a diversified investor base across APAC, EMEA, Canada and Latin America, it said. Franklin Templeton managing director of Australia and New Zealand Felicity Walsh said the ...

Foreign investment in Australia booms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... billion of investments and the United Kingdom with $839 billion. Other major investors into Australia were Japan, China, Canada and the ASEAN region. In terms of where Australian investors were putting their cash, the US topped the list with Aussie investors ...