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Super funds covet more global equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... 400 companies delisted between 1990 and 2024. Between June and December 2024, J.P. Morgan's research calculated the purchase of $64 billion worth of domestic bank equity by super funds. "Historically, super funds have shown a tendency of purchasing ...

Finfluencer failed to disclose paid promotions, says regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
Days after research from the Ontario regulator found those who make financial decisions based on finfluencers' recommendations are 12 times more likely to be scammed, a Canadian finfluencer was busted for failing to disclose sponsorship of content and ...

Federal Court hammers defunct advice firm with $11m penalty

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... template advice to clients to roll over their superannuation into self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and use those funds to purchase property through a related entity, Equiti Property. The Federal Court found that advice to 12 clients was "cookie cutter" ...

Family offices favour real estate: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
The world's richest families love to invest in real estate more than any other asset classes, a new analysis shows, as more than half feature property in their portfolios. The research conducted by familyofficehub, a provider of global family office ...

Iress offloads QuantHouse

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... is set to take over Iress' European market data and trading infrastructure business under a binding share sale and purchase agreement. Iress paid €38.9 million ($69.3m) for QuantHouse, which provides 145 data feeds from exchanges and other data ...

Macquarie divests North America, Europe asset management units to Nomura

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... from fixed income and 10% is multi-asset. Nomura will acquire 100% of the stock in the three companies for an all-cash purchase transaction. Half the investors are retail, 35% are from the insurance channel and the remaining 15% are institutional. MAM ...

Warakirri adds kiwifruit aggregation to farmland fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... its farmland fund. The manager paid $33 million for the orchards in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, calling the purchase a well-scaled addition that diversifies the farmland fund's portfolio and lifts its return profile. The orchards will be ...

Collectables market reaches $17bn: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
Australia's booming collectables market has reached $16.8 billion, a new study from eBay Australia shows. The second edition of the State of Collectables 2025 Report, compiled in conjunction with Deloitte Access Economics, found that coins (34%), toys ...

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... big spending policies to woo voters. If elected, Labor has promised first home buyers a government loan guarantee to purchase a property with just a 5% deposit. Additionally, Albanese said the government will invest $10 billion to build 100,000 new homes ...

Michael Dwyer joins impact fund board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... date, the fund has enabled 35 essential workers to become homeowners through co-investing up to 50% of the home's purchase price across 24 properties.