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Housing Australia Future Fund under audit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
The government's Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) is being audited by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), Auditor-General Caralee McLiesh has confirmed in a letter to Senator Andrew Bragg. In addition, McLiesh said the ANAO is also ...

James Mawhinney launches another appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Mayfair 101 managing director James Mawhinney is appealing the Federal Court's decision to bar him from dealing in financial products for 15 years. Last month, the Federal Court upheld a previous decision to ban Mawhinney from receiving or soliciting ...

Canadian pension giant sued over alleged climate failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... breached disclosure obligations by failing to disclose a rationale for reversing its net zero commitment, which it did this year, and failing to disclose its investment-level risk assessments for fossil fuel investments and all its portfolio-level analysis ...

Kenya to establish sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... back of a rebound in exports of agricultural products. The World Bank estimates its real GDP will increase from 4.5% this year to 5% in FY27. However, the country still faces structural issues around insufficient job creation and low wages, particularly ...

VanEck joins uranium rush with new ETF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... revenue and earnings expansion. New research by VanEck has revealed ETF adoption among advisers has intensified in the last year, with over 70% reporting greater usage and 65% using two or more smart beta strategies. The Australian ETF market recently ...

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

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... example, the US-based private equity firm CC Capital 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 ...

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 ...

Shield, First Guardian fallout calls for tougher scrutiny on research houses, licensee governance

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
The fall of the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund calls for tougher scrutiny of research houses and licensees to strengthen their governance framework, according to experts, who warn that an entrenched system requires an urgent shakeup. ...

APRA updates governance framework

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... constraint on boards. APRA said instead of a tenure limit for non-executive directors of 10 years with the possibility of a two-year extension, it now proposes a hard tenure limit of 12 years with short extensions in limited circumstances. Additionally ...

Fees below 0.65% drive ETP success, flows: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... sector went past $300 billion in funds under management (FUM) at the end of September, according to the ASX, jumping 37% year over year.