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Count acquires Adelaide advice firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
A Fullerton-based accounting and financial planning firm has entered a binding transaction with Count subsidiary Count Adelaide. Johnston Grocke is to merge with Count Adelaide, in a deal to move forth Count's strategy of "creating a national footprint ...

Platinum funds merger to go ahead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... share price discounts." Platinum confirmed that the proposal is proceeding smoothly and should be executed within the current timetable. It said PAI shareholders should receive the scheme booklet in May, with the PAI shareholder meeting to approve the ...

Market turmoil hits portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... absorb the full cost of rising prices in the near term," Shah said. "As a result, inflation pressures are set to intensify. Current forecasts likely underestimate the upside risk, with estimates suggesting that tariffs alone could add as much as 1.4% ...

Sue Brake joins Aware Super committee

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
Aware Super has invited former Future Fund investment chief Sue Brake and Macquarie Group veteran Grant Smith to join its investment committee. The two private markets experts - who have been appointed to the committee for two years - will oversee the ...

Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
Australian anti-slavery commissioner Chris Evans has told the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) summit that he will be pushing for tougher penalties on those who have not done enough to abolish slavery from their supply chains. "As ...

Pella Global Generations Fund launches in NZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... Luxembourg, in 2023. The UCITs applies the same strategy as the Global Generations Fund which is run locally. Commenting on the current market volatility underpinned by geopolitical tensions and US President Donald Trump's tariffs, Pella chief investment ...

EQT closes flagship infra fund at $37bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
EQT Infrastructure VI raised €21.5 billion (AU$37 billion) in total commitments, exceeding the €20 billion target. The capital raising includes the €21.3 billion in fee-generating assets under management and builds on EQT Value-Add Infrastructure's ...

RainmakerLive rebrands to Rainmaker MarketPro

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
Rainmaker Information has rebranded the RainmakerLive terminal to Rainmaker MarketPro and introduced several key product updates. "Rainmaker MarketPro is the only local source of data and insights for wealth managers that is backed by global technology ...

Life insurers keep breaking their own rules: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... individual staff errors rather than systemic failings. "We understand there will always be a level of human error. However, the current rate of human error must, and it's reasonable to expect that it should, come down," it said. "When breaches arise ...

Talaria taps Equity Trustees as RE for three funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... sources of return with less downside capture and low volatility has "never been more important" as investors try to navigate current market uncertainty. He added, Equity Trustees can offer the firm "enhanced capability and user experience." Equity Trustees' ...