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Chris Marco sentenced to prison over $34m fraud

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... six investors, totalling more than $34 million, when he was operating an unregistered managed investment scheme at AMS Holdings (WA) as far back as January 2010. The Federal Court ordered the wind-up of the scheme and company on 7 December 2020. The ...

APRA tackles 'weak demand' for longevity products in second consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... targeted restriction on assets backing longevity products. APRA is also proposing to apply an additional capital charge for holdings of alternative (unrated) assets and privately rated assets that exceed a specified limit. "This targeted restriction ...

Aberdeen adds emerging markets option for Australian investors

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... to achieve a return after fees exceeding the MSCI Emerging Markets Index over a rolling five-year period, and includes holdings such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Samsung Electronics, and Alibaba Group Holding. The fund will be managed by senior ...

Court blocks Merhi from financial services

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... Further, Shield's ETFs worth $210 million will be sold and repaid to investors. "Macquarie - which owns the unit holdings of 3000 Shield investors, or 60% of the Shield units - can accept a windfall from the ETF sale or leave the remaining ETFs in ...

Russell Investments launches private markets offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... private market opportunities within structures designed for retail investors. The portfolio invests across three to 15 holdings in private equity, private credit and real assets, delivering diversification across private markets assets normally only ...

Capital Group takes stake in Qualitas

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... global fund manager took a significant stake in the company the day after Schwartz flagged he offloaded a portion of his holdings. Capital Group now has a 5.03% interest in the ASX-listed firm. Capital Group declined to comment on acquiring the stake. ...

First Guardian shaves $286m off Praemium FUA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... administration (FUA) by close to $300 million. Praemium reduced its FUA by $286 million in relation to First Guardian holdings in the September quarter. The exposure included $176 million in YourChoice Super, $107 million in AusPrac Super (both on the ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... objective of the system is lost," he says. In mid-September, Equity Trustees did just that, revaluing investors' unit holdings in Shield and marking them down by as much as 75%. "I've heard Joe Longo saying that ASIC needs more power to deal ...

Instos continue to bite on risk: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... commodity currencies, such as the Canadian and Australian dollars. "... dollar selling persists, even as the US dollar holdings now show the most pronounced underweight since early 2021. In relative terms, the US dollar underweight is easily the most ...

Platinum LIC turns down WAM bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
... providing exposure to undervalued businesses. Since its 1994 inception, PMC has returned 10.7% p.a. Some of its largest holdings are in TSMC, Alphabet, Novartis, Unilever and AstraZeneca. Platinum shareholders recently voted in favour of merging with ...