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Mercer Investments shutters four options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... Management recently flagged that it will shed more than 240 actively managed and passive funds on its Wrap platform. On October 24, Macquarie closed off 243 funds that invest across a myriad of asset classes "to new investments and all automated plans ...

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... requests for comment for this article. The two super funds did not confirm whether the move was sparked by the events of 7 October 2023 that has led to the deaths of about 67,000, according to media reports, but could be as high as 377,000 Palestinians ...

Top Regal Partners exec departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... years on the derivatives and structured sales desk within the institutional client group. "Having joined the business in October 2019 when we had $1.5 billion under management, today the firm stands as an ASX-listed, globally recognised institutional ...

Prime Super fined over tobacco exclusion claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... annual report. The fund claimed manufacturers of tobacco products were "excluded entirely" from the fund. However, between October 2023 and June 2025 the fund was indirectly invested in six different tobacco manufacturers. They were Altria Group, British ...

Payday Super laws passed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
... delay in the start date for small business with less than 20 employees. A proposed amendment was squashed in a vote on October 30. "While the principle of Payday Super is sound, Labor's execution is anything but. Once again, we're seeing a rushed ...

US equities not performing as well as they seem: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
... income David Colosimo has warned that despite US share markets appearing to have performed very well over the month of October, the reality is more complex. "In October, US shares were actually quite strong, up about 2.25%. But those numbers, especially ...

Phillip Lowe to chair ASX Advisory Group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
... Phillip Lowe as chair of the newly formed Advisory Group on Corporate Governance (AGCG). Per the recommendations made in the October expert review panel's report, the AGCG was established to replace the ASX Corporate Governance Council. Lowe brings decades ...

BlackRock confirms Bitcoin ETF launch

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
... Australian investors with easier access to cryptocurrency exposure in the local market. Flagged by Financial Standard in October, BlackRock said the ETF is expected to be quoted on the ASX in mid-November 2025. IBIT will charge a management fee of 0.39% ...

First Mutual Private Equity gambled $80m of investor funds: ASIC

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
... said. Of the $131 million raised, ASIC said just $7 million can presently be identified. Following another hearing on October 31, Cotton and FMPE are still prevented from transferring money from any of the frozen accounts until further notice. Financial ...

Cboe calls time on Australian market

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
... initiated the sales process for both Cboe Australia and Cboe Canada, despite sound performance. Cboe Australia was launched in October 2011 as Chi-X Australia as an alternative avenue for Australian equities, and was rebranded to its current form after ...