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Apollo scoops up Argo Infrastructure Partners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
Apollo Global Management is acquiring Argo Infrastructure Partners, in a deal that will see close to $10 billion added to Apollo's platform. Apollo has entered an agreement to buy Argo, a mid-market manager of essential infrastructure assets across ...

Boutique global asset management firms' investment outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Global senior executives from boutique asset management firms see a proliferation of risks - and investment opportunities in 2025. Members of the Group of Boutique Asset Managers (GBAM) have spotted concentration risks in the US, geopolitical risks ...

Iress wealth technology lead exits

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Iress' wealth manager chief technology officer Anthony Gerrits has called time on his tenure at the financial service technology software firm after seven years. Iress has confirmed the search of his replacement is currently underway. In the role, which ...

BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard sued over climate stance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
Texas and 10 other Republican-led states are suing BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard, saying their climate activism violated antitrust laws and caused reduced coal production and higher energy prices. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a case ...

ASIC makes key appointments to executive team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has made two appointments to its senior executive leadership team. Following an international search, ASIC chair Joe Longo announced the appointment of Peter Soros as executive director regulation ...

Insignia Financial to trial four-day work week

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
Insignia Financial is set to pilot a four-day work week, a win for employees in recent Enterprise Agreement (EA) negotiations. The Finance Sector Union (FSU) and Insignia Financial have capped months of bargaining, with 68% of employees voting in favour ...

Pitcher Partners executives launch advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Three Pitcher Partners executives have set off to launch Viola Private Wealth, an ultra-high-net-worth financial advice firm spearheaded by Charlie Viola. Viola, together with founding partners Sean Ward and Andrew Levi, bought out operational aspects ...

Rapid growth in super sector poses risk to financial stability: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Significant growth of the superannuation sector has set off alarm bells for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). In the RBA's September Financial Stability Review, it said the super sector's growth and connections to Australian banks has increased its ...

Calls for independent oversight on mortgage stress

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
In August, Finder's Consumer Sentiment Tracker recorded the highest level of mortgage stress since it first began tracking in early 2019. More than two in five (42%) homeowners struggled to pay their home loan in August with an estimated 1.4 million ...

Financial Standard wins Impact Award

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
Financial Standard has been named Financial Services Publication of the Year at the inaugural Impact Awards. The award was presented at Activam Group's 2024 act Conference Charity Gala Dinner this week. The Impact Awards aim to "highlight those ...