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WTL mergers three advice firms amid joint venture

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... venture with Merchant Wealth Partners this week. The joint venture known as "Investco" will inject an initial $3.5 million into the newly formed national group called "Hubco" in return for a 36% equity stake. The capital will be used to pay down debt ...

Apex wins $7bn super admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... service to Diversa, in turn enhancing the value it delivers to its own customers," Happell said. Apex is aggressively expanding into the Australian market, recently hiring Nick Bradford as country head for Australia and Chris Stevens as chief operating ...

Barings expands local wealth team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
Barings, the US$421 billion global asset manager, has recruited a sales director to help support its growth into the local wealth market. John Nicoll joins a growing Australian Sales team with 90 private credit, real estate and structured finance staffers ...

New gig for Challenger's ESG specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... framework across the investment teams at Challenger, helping the life and funds management businesses integrate ESG factors into investment strategies and decision-making. O'Meara has served as a senior ESG specialist for the last five years, working ...

Magellan names infrastructure co-leads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
Two Magellan Financial Group portfolio managers have stepped into leadership roles ahead of investment chief Gerald Stack's departure in July. Stack is the lead portfolio manager for the firm's four infrastructure funds and the head of investments. ...

DWS fined $43m for greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... million fine and said that it would not impact its first quarter results. "We welcome the conclusion of the investigation into DWS by the Frankfurt Public Prosecutor's office," the firm said. "The Frankfurt Public Prosecutor's Office has identified ...

Pella Global Generations Fund launches in NZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... Group, Arthur J Gallagher, 3i Group and HK Exchange are some of its top holdings. The Global Generations Fund was spun off into the Pella Global Securities Sustainable Fund, a UCITs product domiciled in Luxembourg, in 2023. The UCITs applies the same ...

Fortitude Investment Partners acquires majority stake in SMSF audit firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... on. "Since 1994, it has been an absolute pleasure to be part of the ASF community and witness its remarkable development into a major force in the SMSF industry. Reflecting on this journey fills me with pride and gratitude for the collective efforts ...

iExtend appoints chief operating officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... business background to the role, having spent more than two decades in equity markets where he worked as a trader before moving into management roles and international appointments. Hull has held senior appointments at BT Financial Group, Merrill Lynch ...

CSLR costs driven by poor advice: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... Singh flagged that AFCA had also noted instances where advisers were recommending SMSFs primarily to direct client funds into in-house investment products. Singh said an associated trend is also the increased number of complaints linked to cold-calling ...