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Syfe plots major Australian expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Syfe, which recently acquired Selfwealth, has raised more than $80 million to fund its Australian expansion which will focus on the mass affluent market. Syfe has raised $81.5 million (US$53m) in support of its Australian strategy, the bulk of which ...

New Forests sees potential in Vietnamese timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... Geoffrey Seeto said. "Vietnam remains a key player in the global wood industry, recording close to US$4 billion in wood product exports in the first quarter of 2025 with key exports including wooden furniture, pellets, woodchips, plywood, and engineered ...

Super needs customised, personalised approach: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... serve their members. This is not just in retirement but throughout members' entire journey with their fund across product design, engagement and service offerings. The framework lays out what strategies trustees should adopt to provide tailored engagement ...

Stakeholders ask ASIC for tougher private markets regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... conflicts of interest and opaque fees)," ASIC said. The lack of transparency is a top issue among respondents. Private credit product providers, however, showed a willingness to engage with ASIC to tackle this and flagged an openness to implement more ...

LGT Crestone, AUSIEX acquisitions finalised

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
AUSIEX has finalised its acquisition of FIIG Holdings, while LGT Crestone's takeover of Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (CBA) private wealth business has completed. AUSIEX, which is a subsidiary of Nomura Research Institute (NRI), has now expanded ...

ASIC alleges Choosi flogged Hannover life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
ASIC has taken Choosi to the Federal Court for allegedly failing to provide a range of comparable options on life and funeral insurance policies to customers and instead flogging products solely from Hannover Life Re. From at least 1 July 2019 and to ...

Dai-ichi Life acquires 15% of M&G

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
Dai-ichi Life HD, which owns TAL, will acquire 15% of British asset manager M&G, with the two establishing a long-term strategic partnership across asset management and life insurance. Under the partnership, which is expected to produce at least US$6 ...

Soul Patts merges to create new $14bn company

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
Washington H. Soul Pattinson (Soul Patts) and diversified industrial group Brickworks have signed a binding merger agreement to create a new $14 billion ASX-listed company, TopCo. Under the proposed merger, TopCo will acquire all shares in Soul Patts ...

ART pinged by ASIC over misleading returns data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... performance of the option over the past 10 years was better than it was." The information was provided via the Super Savings Product Dashboard on the fund's website. As a result, the fund was handed an infringement notice to the tune of $18,780. ...

Regal Partners charts US expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... 20% of its total FUM. "... and we are optimistic this could grow materially in the coming years based on our expanding product range and current due diligence discussions," O'Connor said. Regal also sees great potential for organically growing its local ...