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IP Group launches $50m cleantech fund with CEFC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
IP Group, which is backed by Hostplus, has launched the IP Group Climate Catalyst Fund alongside the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). The fund will help scale Australian technologies that can decarbonise hard-to-abate industries, targeting a ...

Fiducian to pay $7.3m greenwashing fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
Fiducian Group will pay $7.3 million for making false and misleading statements about the socially responsible and ethical nature of its Diversified Social Aspirations Fund (DSAF). Subsidiary Fiducian Investment Management Services (FIMS) entered into ...

Clancy reshapes Rest Super investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
Rest Super's investment chief Michael Clancy has reshaped his investment team, announcing one internal move and two departures. Sonia Bluzmanis has been appointed head of strategic partnerships, investments, based in London, building on her work ...

APRA greenlights Insignia Financial takeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
APRA has provided approval for Insignia Financial to be taken over by CC Capital's Daintree Bidco. Under the deal announced in July 2025, APRA's approval was required for Daintree Bidco to hold a controlling stake in Insignia Trustees. The acquisition ...

FSC questions SMC's claim on younger members' super switches

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has questioned Super Members Council's (SMC) recent research which found a spike in younger members switching out of industry funds into self managed super funds (SMSF) and platform products. FSC data to the ...

Dexus strengthens infrastructure push with new hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
Dexus has bolstered its real assets platform with a new senior investment hire. The group has appointed Sally Box to the newly created role of head of growth market funds, with day-to-day responsibility for the Dexus Community Infrastructure Fund. As ...

Lowy family takes stake in Magellan

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
The Lowy family has acquired a 5.1% stake in Magellan Financial Group via its trust Oryxium. Oryxium splashed $79 million across 9.35 million securities in Magellan to become a substantial shareholder. The major stake comes after Magellan announced ...

ASX loses $100bn as Iran war escalates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
The ASX 200 saw around $100 billion wiped at the open as the war in Iran continues to escalate. Oil prices have surged more than 20% due to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz; a critical checkpoint for the world's oil supply. Betashares chief economist ...

UniSuper helps raise $30m for PlasmaLeap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... January. PlasmaLeap produces plasma-based products and services, as well as zero-emissions chemical reactors for synthesis of green fuels and chemicals. It helps farmers, for example, produce sustainable nitrogen fertiliser directly on their farms or ...

UniSuper faces fresh greenwashing allegation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) claims changes the super fund made to its Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) option last year have resulted in members being misled. The Environmental Defenders Office has made a formal complaint to ASIC ...