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James Mawhinney launches another appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Mayfair 101 managing director James Mawhinney is appealing the Federal Court's decision to bar him from dealing in financial products for 15 years. Last month, the Federal Court upheld a previous decision to ban Mawhinney from receiving or soliciting ...

Canadian pension giant sued over alleged climate failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... Canadian manager has been sued for alleged mismanagement of climate risk. In July 2018, an individual member took super fund Rest to court, claiming it was unclear what the fund was doing in response to climate change. In 2020, the case was dismissed ...

Court blocks Merhi from financial services

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Venture Egg financial adviser Ferras Merhi has been banned from working in financial services after ASIC successfully obtained interim restraining orders from the Federal Court. Yesterday, Justice Moshinsky restrained Merhi "through his servants, agents ...

Netwealth invokes Part 23 of SIS Act in First Guardian response

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
Netwealth has applied to the government for financial assistance under Part 23 of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 in order to compensate members impacted by the First Guardian failure. This morning, the listed platform and superannuation ...

Super funds raise stakes in US investments to US$1.44tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
Superannuation funds are tipped to pour US$1.44 trillion into the US economy in 10 years' time - a whopping 44% jump from what the sector originally predicted. Embedded in the landmark critical minerals agreement forged between Prime Minister Anthony ...

Regal Partners makes two senior hires

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
Regal Partners is expanding its leadership bench with two strategic hires - a new strategy chief and a North American head. Ilana Stringer has joined the ASX-listed specialist alternative investment manager in the newly created role of head of strategy ...

Local PGIM manager exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
A PGIM senior manager has left the company following a global restructure aimed at simplifying its reporting structure. Hayley Douglas has finished up as a senior manager in PGIM's Sydney-based institutional relationship group, a position she held ...

'We have entered a new economic era': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief economist Luke Yeaman has warned investors that the world has entered a "new economic era" where the rules are "very different", in his most recent economic update. "Things that have been disdained in recent decades are ...

Rest injects more into $1.2bn Fidelity climate fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... Estate Logistics Impact Climate Solutions Fund (LOGICs), raising a further $634 million from several institutions including Rest. The total investment capacity of the fund is now $1.2 billion (€710m), all of which is dedicated to accelerating the real ...

More suitors line up for Iress

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
Iress flagged it now has more suitors vying to potentially acquire it in addition to Thoma Bravo and Blackstone. While Iress did not divulge how many other parties have entered the fray, nor did it name them, it did say that it made its "virtual data ...