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Court blocks Merhi from financial services

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... investment scheme products. Justice Moshinsky said he was satisfied that the public interest requires the injunctions to be made, and that there is an appreciable risk that, unless restrained, Merhi will continue to provide financial product advice in ...

UGC auditor 'comprehensively failed', registration stripped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... Alpha Fund, or as to the recoverability of loans from UGC to its director Joel Hewish for which there were no loan agreements made. "The evidence showed that the companies' property developments and investments included related party investments, that ...

Macquarie to shed more than 240 investment options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... Equity Fund Class A Units, Dexus Core Property Fund Class A and UBS International Share Fund. Based on the announcements made in October alone, a total of 251 investment options have severed or will soon sever ties with the Wrap platform. In September ...

Federated Hermes to acquire majority interest in FCP

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... (FCP). The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026, and will be the second private markets acquisition made by Federated Hermes since the beginning of 2025. Based in Maryland, the privately held US real estate investment manager specialises ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... have the expertise across those three areas," he says. With US$2 trillion in assets under administration, SS&C Technologies made a splash in Australia in 2005 after acquiring FMC Software. It continues to deepen its footprint, scoring major mandates ...

Insignia Financial posts strong quarter

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... executive Scott Hartley said positive returns from equity markets have also supported the performance. "During the quarter, we made significant progress on a number of key deliverables from our 2030 Vision and Strategy, particularly in our Master Trust ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... panicked investment choices they might make as they chase and try and second guess the market. There are also bad choices made by other people, which can manifest in financial abuse by friends and family and criminal activities by scammers. It means ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... claims demonstrated that when members or their grieving loved ones have been at their most vulnerable, super funds have often made matters worse. Such extensive delays and failure of member services have called into question whether the government should ...

Allianz Retire+ rejigs executive team, product and marketing chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... officer for more than four years, stepped in the top job in an interim capacity. Last week, the company announced that Kane was made chief executive permanently. It has not filled the role of chief operating officer. Catherine van der Veen and Lucy Foster ...

Pinnacle acquires stake in Advantage Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... Advantage Partners, which will increase to 33.3% by the end of October. Pinnacle managing director Ian Macoun said: "We have made great progress in exporting our unique multi-affiliate model globally. This transaction underscores our ability to partner ...