9+ hour, 32+ min ago   (97+ words) afr.com Australia’s stock pickers have been told they must adapt or die as superannuation funds allocate more money to cheaper index-tracking quantitative and passive funds, and threaten their rock-star standing in Australia’s $3.3 trillion public equity market. After a shocking…...

10+ hour, 37+ min ago   (110+ words) AFR Ashurst Perkins Coie has plucked seasoned corporate lawyer Ben Plotnik from rival Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer as the former seeks to expand its global private capital team following a high-profile transatlantic merger. Freehills’ special counsel Ben Plotnik is heading…...

7+ hour, 9+ min ago   (115+ words) AFR Toronto-listed Element Fleet Management Corporation has pulled out of the auction for FleetPartners, one of Australia’s largest providers of leased cars which was put into play in July. Element, advised by JPMorgan, is the only FleetPartners’ suitor to not…...

7+ hour, 17+ min ago   (105+ words) AFR It’s the biggest shake-up in the market for more than 20 years, and if current trends persist, big banks are facing hefty declines in credit card balances. The big four banks are already feeling the squeeze from the upending of…...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago   (99+ words) AFR Two super funds, an asset consultant and four fund managers debate whether Australia’s public equity markets and its biggest players are working as they should. Big superannuation funds have built in-house equities teams and shifted huge amounts of money…...

8+ hour, 43+ min ago   (95+ words) AFR Stock pickers must keep believing that the forces reshaping the ASX and smashing their performance are going to turn, eventually. TV’s most famous coach, Ted Lasso, had a sign that simply said “Believe” in his change rooms. Maybe it’s…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (51+ words) AFR Fund manager 360 Capital has engaged real estate agents to start selling some of the properties over which it has security that were built by Bathla, the collapsed western Sydney developer, as a number of financiers move to limit potential…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (126+ words) AFR From skipping call centre queues to lower borrowing rates, private banking comes with major perks. But the price of admission is high. Private banking connects the wealthy with a single point of contact for most of their financial needs....

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (120+ words) AFR Intellihub, owned 50-50 by Pacific Equity Partners and Brookfield, is weighing the prospects of Evie Networks, owner of the country’s largest network of ultra-fast chargers for electric vehicles. The smart metering player is trying Evie for a fit with its…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (128+ words) AFR Intellihub, owned 50-50 by Pacific Equity Partners and Brookfield, is weighing the prospects of Evie Networks, owner of the country’s largest network of ultra-fast chargers for electric vehicles. The smart metering player is trying Evie for a fit with its…...