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HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
As HESTA and Vision Super move to divest members' money from Israeli bonds and shares, other superannuation funds' ethical options continue to overlook human rights abuses. HESTA confirmed the move, saying that as part of its investment strategy ...

Bell Financial Group names inaugural investments chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
Bell Financial Group (BFG) has appointed its first chief investment officer, picking someone who recently finished up at Clime Investment Management. Will Riggall is the new investments chief, having ended his tenure at Clime in June after more than ...

HESTA pays $40k fine for greenwashing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... response to concerns about alleged greenwashing including against Morningstar, Future Super, Diversa Trustees, Northern Trust Asset Management and Melbourne Securities, between 2022 and 2024. ASIC also commenced a greenwashing-related civil penalty proceeding ...

Majority of SMSF establishments based on bad advice: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
Nearly two thirds of SMSFs established under the recommendations of a financial adviser are unsuitable to their needs and put retirement savings at risk, an ASIC review reveals. Of 100 financial advice files investigated, 62 failed to demonstrate compliance ...

Metrics supports efforts to raise standards in private credit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
Metrics Credit Partners has strongly supported ASIC's calls for the private credit industry to deliver enhanced standards and says it looks to play a leading role in the process. ASIC's deep dive into the private credit sector revealed fund managers ...

AZ NGA expands in South Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
AZ NGA has taken an undisclosed stake in Adelaide-based accounting and financial planning firm Oreon Partners. Established in 2014, Oreon Partners offers accounting, business advisory, tax and financial planning services to individuals and small-to-medium-sized ...

Majority reject crypto investments in super fund: Swyftx

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... and risks associated with money laundering, security failures, and investment scams, the report found that the net lack of trust in digital currencies has risen to 60% in 2025 from 57% last year. However, among current crypto owners, 68% would like to ...

Perpetual confirms exclusivity with Bain Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... early 2025, Perpetual terminated an agreement with KKR in which the latter would acquire the wealth management and corporate trust businesses. This would have led to massive tax implications for shareholders greater than anticipated. Following ATO feedback ...

Private credit funds downplay risks, pose risk to financial system: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
Private credit fund managers downplay the risks of their products and flout basic disclosures of the state of their investments, ASIC's investigation reveals, fearing they have the potential to harm investors, the sector itself and the broader financial ...

Macquarie sells stake in South Australian asset to ART

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... Management's (MAM) The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) has agreed to the sale of its interest in ElectraNet to Australian Retirement Trust (ART). ElectraNet is South Australia's principal transmission network, delivering electricity from power generators to ...