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Brandes appoints new sales director for APAC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
San Diego-headquartered boutique advisory firm Brandes Investment Partners has appointed an Australian to be its director of sales in APAC, in an effort to deepen its relationships across the region's wealth market. Brandes appointed Diya Lowe, formerly ...

iExtend appoints chief operating officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
iExtend has appointed Michael Hull as chief operating officer with the aim to enhance its operational frameworks and to ensure compliance and regulatory standards continue to be delivered as the business grows. Hull brings a broad business background ...

University endowment mandates Osmosis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
The University of Adelaide Endowment Fund has invested with Osmosis via its Ex-Fossil Fuels Strategy. The University of Adelaide is now one of several endowment funds to place money in the Osmosis strategy, the Resource Efficient Core Equity ex-Fossil ...

CSLR costs driven by poor advice: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) lead ombudsman, investments and advice Shail Singh has told financial advisers that poor practices are the main contributor to the soaring costs of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). "It's ...

Fink takes private markets to next level

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink says the fund manager can upend the public-private market divide in the same way it has capitalised on active and passive investing. In his annual letter to investors, Fink said assets in the form of data centres ...

HMC Capital to launch new private equity vehicle

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
Building on its success, HMC Capital will relaunch the HMC Capital Partners Fund I with an expanded mandate. HMC Capital Partners Fund I (HMCCP Fund I) - predominantly targeting listed investments up to 10 positions - delivered more than 55% net returns ...

Qantas Super, ART merger official

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
Qantas Super and Australian Retirement Trust (ART) officially merged on March 29. About 25,000 members with $9 billion in funds under management (FUM) have moved from Qantas Super to ART. Qantas Super chief executive Michael Clancy said: "It has been ...

Queensland adviser banned for five years

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
A Queensland financial adviser has been banned by ASIC for failing to act in the best interests of his clients and failing to prioritise their interests. Grant Thomson is banned from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on ...

WT Financial enters JV with Merchant Wealth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
WT Financial Group has entered a 50/50 joint venture with Merchant Wealth Partners to invest in Australian financial advice practices. The newly established entity - WTL & MWP Investco (Investco) - intends to provide strategic growth capital to high-potential ...

RBA and ASIC slam the ASX: 'Deeply disappointed'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have written a damning open letter to the ASX to address their increasing concern over the management of operational risk. In a joint letter to the ASX ...