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Dexus rebuilds DWSF with $683m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
The Dexus Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund (DWSF) exchanged contracts with Scentre Group to acquire a 25% stake in Westfield Chermside, Brisbane, for $683 million. This fresh investment comes after Dexus Funds Management launched court action against ...

North inflows jump 60%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
AMP's North platform saw net inflows jump 60% in the last financial year, with $1.7 billion of client money reported in the June quarter. Total assets under management (AUM) for the platforms business, which includes Asgard platform products issued ...

Aware Super completes $1bn of acquisitions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
Aware Super has completed the acquisition of three super-prime office buildings in central London through its strategic partnership with Delancey Real Estate in the DARE platform, for a combined value of around $1.03 billion (£500m ). Aware Super said ...

Lendlease awarded Malaysian pension fund mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025
The $50 billion investment manager was awarded a mandate to look after a flagship initiative by Malaysia's largest public sector pension fund, Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP). With $181 million (RM500m) in committed capital, Lendlease can potentially ...

Perpetual wealth hires sustainability manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
Perpetual Wealth Management has recruited a manager to help support the business's responsible investment products and policies. Rachel Phillips brings years of experience in sustainability practices, working most recently with JP Morgan Asset Management ...

IFS recovers $226m in unpaid super

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
Industry Fund Services (IFS) has collected more than $226 million of unpaid superannuation in the previous financial year, bringing its total recoveries to over $2 billion to date. Despite the effort, the ability to easily recover super is still a fair ...

James Mawhinney contravened law: Federal Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
In a win for ASIC, Mayfair 101 Group director James Mawhinney has been associated with or involved in contraventions of the law by his companies, the Federal Court determined. The contraventions concern the marketing of three products - the M+ Fixed ...

Ascalon continues to build its team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Ascalon Capital has added two executives to its growing team as it expands its partnership-driven consulting and adviser-aligned investment solutions. Berit Deagan joins as head of business development and John Burton as head of business solutions. ...

Northern Trust selected to test tokenised asset uses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... infrastructure might support the development of Australian wholesale tokenised asset markets. Project Acacia is a joint initiative between the RBA and the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC). The work is also supported by the Australian ...

Australia an 'efficient' market for multinationals

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
A new report by Mercator by Citco (Mercator) has revealed that while multinational organisations face significantly higher operations demands in Asia-Pacific (APAC), Australia has proven to be one of the most efficient markets. The report found that ...