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Regal slashes holdings in Opthea over insolvency concerns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Regal Asian Investments (ASX:RG8) has significantly devalued its holdings in biopharmaceutical company Opthea after the latter flagged insolvency concerns amid the failure of a major clinical trial. RG8 has been forced to drop Opthea's value to ...

New impact fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
Social purpose organisation Good Return has launched its second impact fund, aimed at supporting marginalised female entrepreneurs across the Asia-Pacific region. The evergreenfund is seeking to raise $10 million from Australian wholesale investors ...

Vanguard ETFs record most consistent monthly net flows: Research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
Vanguard ETFs have recorded the most consistent inflows of any manager over the past two years, according to Rainmaker Information. Over the two years to December 2024, monthly net flows to its ETFs showed an autocorrelation of 0.59 - a statistical ...

AMP staff surveillance slammed by FSU

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
The Finance Sector Union (FSU) has slammed a "draconian" employment contract issued to AMP staff. Staff have been given one week to sign the new employment contracts that enables AMP to carry out continuous video surveillance of them no matter where ...

JANA hires Mercer principal

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
JANA Investment Advisors has welcomed a new senior investment consultant to bolster its wealth business. The consultant said David Wilson's appointment reflects the increasing demand for sophisticated investment solutions in the wealth sector. As ...

Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
Active Super's greenwashing will cost it $10.5 million in civil penalties for misleading members about its ESG credentials purported to eliminate investments in Russian companies and others involved in mining and tobacco, the Federal Court determined ...

FNZ wins mandate, names APAC head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
FNZ has been handed a mandate by a $56 billion industry super fund, while also welcoming a Sydney-based head of Asia Pacific. The wealth technology platform has been selected by CareSuper to take over as its direct investment option (DIO) provider ...

Managed account use at record high: Data

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
New research from State Street Global Advisors and Investment Trends shows about 59% of Australian financial advisers are now using managed accounts (MAs), as performance remains the top criteria for advisers. According to the SPDR ETFs / Investment ...

'Incompetent' adviser permanently banned by ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
A Sydney-based financial adviser has been permanently banned for acting dishonestly and exhibiting a fundamental lack of knowledge, integrity, and professionalism, ASIC said. Peter Surtenich has been permanently banned on March 6 from providing any ...

Korean pension fund takes $50m stake in Metrics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
The National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea - the worlds third largest pension fund - has acquired a 4.17% stake in Metrics Credit Holdings for $50 million. This comes seven years after Pinnacle Investment Management paid $46 million for a 35% equity ...