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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 ...

AMP staff surveillance slammed by FSU

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... drafted and reviewed by an external law firm, who verified that all of the contract clauses align with common industry practice used by many other organisations, and comply with current legal requirements," an AMP spokesperson said. "To confirm, AMP ...

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 ...

CFS Edge, North enhance platform capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
Colonial First State (CFS) and AMP have announced updates to their respective managed accounts (MAs) platforms - CFS Edge and North - bringing new international investment options and technological advancements. The CFS Edge platform has expanded its ...

CEFC funds sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is partnering with Goldman Sachs Alternatives to pour $160 million into sustainable real estate. The investment is being made alongside the Goldman-managed Real Estate Credit Partners (RECP IV) fund and will ...

Navigator takes stake in 1315 Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
ASX-listed Navigator Global Investments (NGI) has acquired a stake in the US private equity firm that has US$1 billion in assets under management (AUM). NGI will acquire a 23.5% stake in 1315 Capital, a Philadelphia-based private equity firm that targets ...

AIOFP and IFPA enter 'strategic alliance'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... bookkeeping, financial advice, and superannuation. AIOFP represents around 5000 financial advisers operating under 120 AFSL practice members. Despite servicing different professional needs, the two organisations said their commercial and structural synergies ...

Mercer adds to wealth team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
Mercer continues to bump up its wealth distribution team by adding two new staffers. Matthew Young and Staten Janes have both been hired as senior sales leaders, based in Sydney. Young joined FIIG Securities, where he was head of intermediary distribution ...

BUSSQ abandons appeal, concedes to licence conditions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
BUSSQ has pulled the plug on its Federal Court appeal for a judicial review of APRA's additional licence conditions, caving to the regulator's edict. At the same time, APRA has tweaked the conditions it slapped on BUSSQ last August, which force ...

ASIC slaps FIIG Securities with lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
FIIG Securities will face court over allegations of longstanding cybersecurity failures which saw the private data of more than 18,000 clients stolen and released on the dark web. According to ASIC, FIIG failed to have adequate cyber risk management ...