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La Caisse ups climate targets
La Caisse is ambitiously aiming to have CAD $400 billion ($454bn) worth of climate action investments in its portfolio by 2030.
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June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
L1, Platinum deal closing in
L1 Capital and Platinum Asset Management are looking to finalise the terms of their potential merger.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
DIVISION 29 THE END OF SUPER AS WE KNOW IT?
With the government set to pass Division 296.high-net-worth Australians are looking to take assets out of super to avoid the tax while fresh money is looking for a home outside of the super system. Lachlan Colquhoun writes.
10 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
MAX Awards honour the best of the best in 2025
The industry's top advertisers, marketers and salespeople celebrated excellence at the annual event.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
Stable drivers for return
Dividend policies do matter
4 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
TIGHT SHIP
Has the race to the bottom on ultra-low administration fees come at the expense of fund administrators and ultimately member outcomes? Karren Vergara reports.
10 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
ASIC shrinks IPO timetable for ASX
Initiating a two-year trial, ASIC has enabled a shorter initial public offering (IPO) timetable for eligible entities seeking to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
Aged care reforms pushed back
The government is delaying the implementation of the new Aged Care Act until November 1 following widespread concerns that stakeholders weren't given enough time to prepare.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
ASIC sues Australian Unity
ASIC is suing Australian Unity Funds Management for allegedly failing to ensure retail investors fit the suitable target market for its investment product, the Select Income Fund.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
SS&C lands fresh admin mandate
SS&C Technologies has been awarded a mandate by a boutique fund services provider to investment managers in Australia to support its fund services operations.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
Macquarie snaps up Brazil toll road
Macquarie Asset Management has acquired 100% of Monte Rodovias, a toll road portfolio platform in Brazil, via its managed funds with Macquarie Infrastructure Partners VI.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
Apostle brings CastleKnight to Australia
Apostle Funds Management is bringing CastleKnight Management, a US$2.2 billion hedge fund manager, to Australia for the first time.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
ASIC blasts managed funds’ poor compliance
Too many responsible entities (REs) of managed funds are falling short of their obligations to adequately address design and distribution obligations (DDO), the reportable situations regime and internal dispute resolution processes and reporting (IDR), an ASIC review found, warning that such inadequate compliance plans indicate governance failings.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
Dai-ichi Life acquires 15% of asset manager M&G
Dai-ichi Life HD, which owns TAL, will acquire 15% of British asset manager M&G, with the two establishing a long-term strategic partnership across asset management and life insurance.
2 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
AMP launches new super feature
AMP has launched AMP Super Lifetime; a superannuation feature it claims could lift members' retirement incomes by over $100,000 in the first decade post-work.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
Ironbark acquires family office firm
Ironbark Investment Partners has expanded its private wealth business with the acquisition of Mercury Private, a Sydney-based high-net-worth and family office firm.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
Rest hires chief member officer
Rest has appointed Simone Van Veen as chief member officer, taking over from general manager, brand and member experience Andrew Ford who stepped in as interim chief member officer following the departure of Deborah Potts in November last year.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
Syfe plots major Aussie expansion
Syfe, which recently acquired Selfwealth, has raised more than $80 million to fund its Australian expansion which will focus on the mass affluent market.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
ASIC grants no- action position
ASIC has granted a limited no-action position in response to an issue related to the inclusion of account numbers in a client's written consent for the deduction of ongoing advice fees.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
Regal Partners charts US course
Regal Partners is planning a push into North America, making its first local hire.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
Superhero plans ‘mass affluent’ wealth play
Superhero has welcomed its first chief investment officer, as it targets Australians seeking sophisticated solutions without the need for advice.
2 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
Korean discount
As of late when South Korea has been in the news it has tended to be for the wrong reasons.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
Perpetual mulls tie up with Partners Group
Perpetual is mulling a partnership with Partners Group's Australian arm to develop products and investment strategies for public and private assets.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
Better public, private markets can nab instos
Australia can ensnare large investors away from the US amid its unpredictable trade wars and social and political unrest if it gets the settings around private and public markets right. Many institutional investors, experts say, are already considering their options.
3 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
Quality over quantity: CareSuper on mergers
The dust has barely settled on the merger that created CareSuper as it is today and chief executive Jason Murrayº¹ is gearing up for another in mere months - but he's not looking to make a habit of it.
2 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
AIOFP, FAAA encouraged by first meeting with Mulino
Following their inaugural meeting with new financial services minister Daniel Mulino, the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) and Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) feel enthused about the impact he will have on the profession.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
New Forests sees potential in Vietnamese timber
New Forests made its first investment in Vietnam, backing one of the country’s top suppliers of lumber and logs.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
Islamic finance industry association established
The Islamic Finance and Investments Association (IFIA) will work to further Australia's nascent Islamic banking, finance and investments sector and Shariah compliant standards.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
The big bank
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), our biggest bank, has added another feather to its cap; it is now the biggest company on the ASX with a total market capitalisation over $300 billion, approximately 10% of the ASX’s total value.
1 min |
June 16, 2025
Financial Standard
GESB to roll out premium changes
GESB is making a range of changes to its group insurance offering, reducing some premium rates and implementing premium waivers for some members.
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