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Actuaries Institute makes proposal to close advice gap

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... for the millions who need more than basic help but less than comprehensive advice," it said. The paper said superannuation fund trustees face a "tension" between their obligation to support members and complex financial advice regulations. "The HGA framework ...

Government taps IFM, Plenary for Southeast Asia boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... this week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government will invest $175 million in IFM Investors' Asia-Pacific Debt Fund and $76.3 million in a new Southeast Asia Public-Private Partnership (PPP) investment fund established by Plenary. Both investments ...

Court blocks Merhi from financial services

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... misconduct by officers. The latest interim injunctions form part of ASIC's ongoing investigations into the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund. Merhi, who was also the principal of Venture Egg and Financial Services Group Australia ...

UGC auditor 'comprehensively failed', registration stripped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... William O'Shea was employed by United Global Capital to audit both it and its managed funds, the Global Capital Property Fund (GCPF) and the UGC Global Alpha Fund. More than $92 million was invested in the funds, much of which is now unaccounted for. ...

M&A makes rebound, creating higher-value deals: Deloitte

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... invested $3.3 billion to take Insignia Financial private earlier this year, and its main rival was another private equity fund, Bain Capital," the report said. Deloitte partner, mergers and acquisitions James Chown said that despite steady deal volumes ...

US pension funds move against James Hardie chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
Three US pension funds have lodged proxy votes to remove Anne Lloyd as James Hardie chair at the company's AGM this week. This comes after James Hardie faced significant backlash over a $14 billion deal to acquire US-based Azek. A deal that was done ...

Russell Investments launches private markets offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
Russell Investments and Invest Blue have launched the Cornerstone Private Markets Managed Portfolio, offering advised clients exposure to private assets. The Cornerstone Private Markets Managed Portfolio offers an advised pathway into private equity ...

Apostle partners with Qtron Investments

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
Apostle Funds Management (Apostle) has partnered with US-based quantitative investment manager Qtron Investments (Qtron) to provide Australian wholesale and institutional investors access to its global equity strategies. The partnership marks the first ...

Netwealth invokes Part 23 of SIS Act in First Guardian response

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... for financial assistance where they have suffered a loss due to fraud or theft, and the fraud or theft has resulted in the fund facing difficulties in paying benefits to members. Approval of the financial assistance must also be in the public interest. ...

Macquarie to shed more than 240 investment options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... March 2026. Early this month, Macquarie shuttered eight products, including two of its own - the Master Property Securities Fund and Global Income Opportunities Fund. The others included the AMP Equity Fund Class A Units, Dexus Core Property Fund Class ...