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Potential Insignia takeover edges closer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
A final takeover offer for Insignia Financial may come within the next two weeks as CC Capital Partners "continues to actively work towards" making a binding bid for the wealth manager. Insignia confirmed CC Capital is finalising financing and investment ...

Super moves: PE exec quits Future Fund for ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
One of Future Fund's top managers has left to join Australian Retirement Trust as a portfolio manager within the private equity team. Anika Choudhury has left Australia's sovereign wealth fund where she started out a senior analyst nearly five ...

Uncertainty propels investors towards active managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Australian investors are looking to engage with active managers to navigate the heightened geopolitical volatility, according to a new survey. The Schroders Global Investor Insights Survey 2025, which covers nearly 1000 institutional investors and wealth ...

Union redundancy funds in ASIC's sights

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... seeking feedback on changes to the definition of "employee redundancy funds" to provide guidance on any ongoing relief it may grant the sector. ASIC said it is considering three options: to allow the relief to expire and require full compliance with ...

ASIC grants no-action on deficient advice fees consent

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
ASIC has granted a limited no-action position in response to an issue related to the inclusion of account numbers in a client's written consent for the deduction of ongoing advice fees. ASIC is reminding financial advisers and superannuation trustees ...

Capstone appoints former licensee head to new role

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... regional manager for Queensland and Western Australia for over four years between 2011 and 2015. Capstone managing director Grant O'Riley said O'Sullivan's expertise and background is is suited to the company's growth trajectory. "This exciting employment ...

Macquarie snaps up Brazil toll road system

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
Macquarie Asset Management has acquired 100% of Monte Rodovias, a toll road portfolio platform in Brazil, via its managed funds with Macquarie Infrastructure Partners VI. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The platform comprises of the concessionaires ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... information is not obscured." If companies struggle to meet the imminent deadlines, O'Rourke said that ASIC has the power to grant relief in certain circumstances. "However, we encourage you to apply early," she noted. On capacity building, the regulator ...

Former adviser accused of theft loses lengthy extradition fight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
A former financial adviser now residing in New Zealand lost a bid to stop her from being extradited to Australia to face 136 charges related to the alleged theft of clients' retirement savings. Marion Joan Pearson, formerly based in Perth, is accused ...

Bain Capital backs out of Insignia takeover race

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
With the exit of Bain Capital, it leaves one potential buyer left in the takeover talks that have now spanned more than six months. In an ASX announcement this morning, Insignia Financial confirmed that Bain Capital is "unable to proceed" with a binding ...