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Fidante loses $11.4bn in insto money

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... period, TAL Dai-ichi Life Australia took a 15% stake in Challenger. On June 17, TAL Dai-ichi Life flagged its intention to purchase an additional 4.8% interest in Challenger from Apollo Global Management, which has since received regulatory approval. ...

VanEck goes for growth with new ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
VanEck has launched a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) to complement its international quality, value and small cap strategies. VanEck MSCI International Growth ETF (ASX: GWTH) will be available on the ASX from August 28, pending final regulatory approval. ...

AMP Super rolls out cashback feature

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
The new feature will allow AMP Super members to boost their retirement savings by earning cashbacks, which could grow their balances by as much as $100,000 when they retire. Despite the significant benefits of compounding, AMP found the concept is poorly ...

Superannuation fraudster sentenced to prison

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... Machine International to complete the development. Instead of using the funds for the development, Steele used the funds to purchase a house in his wife's name, paid his son's university fees, bought cars, jewellery and spent money on international travel ...

Iress deputy chief made redundant, takeover talks confirmed

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
Iress has made the role of deputy chief executive redundant as it confirms it is in takeover talks with private equity firms Blackstone and Thoma Bravo. The ASX-listed company this morning announced that deputy chief executive Harry Mitchell will exit ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... today. He draws comparisons to public markets. "Organisations like Bloomberg and Reuters produce data, which custodians purchase for pricing public market assets. But historically, there's been no equivalent for private markets," he notes. When custodians ...

Dexus rebuilds DWSF with $683m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
... strategy and future potential," Dexus executive general manager, funds management Michael Sheffield said. In addition to the purchase, and consistent with its divestment program, Dexus also announced the sale of two properties with combined proceeds ...

Brookfield takes stake in Cromwell

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025
... ESR Group sells down its remaining stake. Cromwell confirmed to the ASX that Brookfield has signed a binding sale and purchase agreement to purchase the interest. This is subject to approval by the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB). Brookfield subsidiary ...

Aware Super completes $1bn of acquisitions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
... completed new-build development and the new UK headquarters for Lazard which has signed a 15-year lease agreement. That purchase was followed by the acquisition of 11-12 Hanover Square in Mayfair, a trophy mixed-use building developed in 2017, offering ...

Macquarie lines up $240m deal for new data centre

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
Macquarie Technology Group has entered into a put and call option to purchase a large parcel of land for a new data centre campus in Sydney. The deal, worth $240 million, intends to construct a new data centre campus in stages that is expected to deliver ...