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AMP North launches model portfolio solution with BlackRock, Lonsec

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
AMP North has partnered with BlackRock and Lonsec to launch a model portfolio offering.

Brookfield to divest retirement living platform for $3.85bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
Brookfield Asset Management is selling its local retirement home operator Aveo to The Living Company for $3.85 billion.

Regal Partners adds to stable, plans hotels strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
Regal Partners has bought a stake in a Sydney-based real estate investment manager, as well as acquiring an Adelaide hotel to seed a new strategy.

Managed fund inflows jump over 20x: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
Managed funds domiciled in Australia received $8.6 billion in inflows from January to May this year, over 20 times the level recorded over the same period last year, according to global funds network Calastone.

Desktop Broker to deliver direct indexing via partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
Desktop Broker, part of Bell Financial Group, has partnered with direct indexing platform Briefcase to deliver direct indexing capabilities and institutional-grade ETF model portfolios to financial advisers and wholesale investors.

Pinnacle founder Ian Macoun unloads $77m of shares

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Pinnacle managing director Ian Macoun, who founded the investment management firm, has sold nearly four million shares in the firm for $76.7 million; the proceeds are earmarked for reinvestment in its affiliated fund manager Metrics.

Hollywood actors lobby pension fund to dump fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
More than 200 actors have signed an open letter to the trustees of the SAG-Producers Pension Plan asking it to divest from fossil fuels and redirect the assets into responsible investments.

Betashares gearing up to expand Wealth Builder product suite

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Betashares has registered a new managed investment scheme, which possibly signals the expansion of its Wealth Builder geared ETF product suite, launched in April last year.

Perpetual IM switches member admin provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Perpetual Investment Management has awarded MUFG Pension & Market Services (MPMS) a mandate to oversee its investor and member administration services.

Old challenges push asset managers to inflection point: Citi

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Asset managers continue to face existential challenges amid the rise of passive funds, fee compression and difficulty in generating alpha, a new report from Citi shows, forcing them to rethink their business models and value propositions in the future.