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Norway wealth fund told to pause ethical divestments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... world's most valuable companies, including Nvidia, Amazon, Apple and Meta, account for 16% of the fund's total stock holdings and, under the current guidelines, the fund would need to be prepared for that it may no longer be able to invest in them. Currently ...

HESTA pays $40k fine for greenwashing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... paid a penalty of $18,780 after it claimed it "excluded entirely" manufacturers of tobacco products when it had indirect holdings in six companies. ASIC issued an infringement notice to the $8 billion super fund over misleading statements made in its ...

Prime Super fined over tobacco exclusion claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... paid a penalty of $18,780 after it claimed it "excluded entirely" manufacturers of tobacco products when it had indirect holdings in six companies. ASIC issued an infringement notice to the $8 billion super fund over misleading statements made in its ...

ASIC reveals findings from reporting and audit surveillance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... entities made or agreed to make changes relating to 19 areas of concern in their financial reports including Bell Group Holdings making a restatement to consolidate a controlled subsidiary which was previously incorrectly accounted for as an associate. ...

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. ...