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Equity Trustees rapped over the knuckles by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Equity Trustees was fined nearly $60,000 by the regulator for making misleading statements about the holdings of a sustainable bond fund. Equity Trustees agreed to pay three infringement notices totalling $56,340 over allegations it made misleading ...

Investor optimism premature, fund flows in firing line

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
While investor sentiment has improved since Liberation Day, geopolitical and tariff uncertainties will continue to deteriorate fund flows for asset managers, Morningstar predicts. The latest Industry Pulse shows how fund manager flows dwindled in the ...

Firms rebuffing AFCA determinations should be named: FAAA, professional bodies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) and four other professional bodies are urging the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) to name and shame financial firms that fail to follow through on a determination as more than 60 have ...

Msquared Capital secures $150m warehouse facility with Australian bank

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
Private credit manager Msquared Capital has established its inaugural $150 million warehouse facility in partnership with "a leading Australian bank." Msquared said that the partnership marked a significant step in the firm's evolution, positioning ...

ART farewells two more executives

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Australian Retirement Trust's efforts to streamline its operations and restructure its leadership have led to the departure of two more senior executives. Julie Bingham, the chief enterprise services officer, is leaving the $310 billion superannuation ...

Super funds to take stock of information security controls

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
The super funds that saw member accounts breached by cybercriminals in April have been instructed to undertake a "special purpose engagement," as APRA asks all trustees to review their compliance with Prudential Standard CPS 234 Information Security. ...

Touchstone closes flagship fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
Touchstone Asset Management has closed its flagship Australian equity fund nearly a decade after it launched. The Touchstone Index Unaware Fund shuttered in May, having been in operation since 4 April 2016. The fund aimed to outperform the return of ...

Superhero plans 'mass affluent' wealth play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
Superhero has welcomed its first chief investment officer, as it targets Australians seeking sophisticated solutions without the need for advice. Superhero said it is looking to "evolve beyond traditional sharetrading to offer sophisticated portfolio ...

Centuria divests three industrial assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
Centuria Capital has divested three industrial assets in Southeast Queensland at an average sales premium of 25%. The real estate funds manager said it capitalised on strong investment demand for industrial assets, benefiting from tailwinds created ...

Family offices to splash cash in APAC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
Most family offices intend to boost their allocations to Asia Pacific, excluding Greater China, over the next five years. That's according to the latest Global Family Office Study from UBS, which found 55% of APAC family offices are planning to invest ...