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Federal Court slaps Mawhinney with 15-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... "exposed investors to an obvious and substantial risk of loss, which risk materialised, resulting in investors suffering heavy losses." Further, Mawhinney gave "no proper consideration of how obligations to investors would be met, with his only plan ...

PC outlines key reforms to boost clean energy investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
... change and minimise their human and economic costs." The report recommended Australia improve incentives in electricity, heavy industry and transport - which together account for 79% of Australia's gross emissions - to support an efficient net zero transformation. ...

MySuper delivers 10.3% in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
... "Analysing market indices shows that this was driven by strong positive returns posted by all asset classes, but much of the heavy lifting was done by equities," Rainmaker said. "The S&P ASX 200 index delivered 13.8% for the financial year, while international ...

King's honours list recognises excellence in super, finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
The 2025 King's Birthday honours list featured several heavyweights from the superannuation, funds management and sustainable investing sectors. A superannuation fund investments chief was one of the recipients of the highly coveted Medal of the ...

Private credit market has lenders sweating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... he said. Nevertheless, O'Connor said private credit fills a "critical gap" in the market, and that there's potential for "heavy-handed oversight" which might stifle the sector's growth. "While concern is elevating around the lack of compliance and regulation ...

La Trobe debuts first ASX-listed investment product

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
La Trobe Financial, the Brookfield-owned alternative asset manager with $20 billion in assets under management, has launched its first fund on the ASX. The IPO seeks to raise between $100 million and $300 million, with units priced at $2.00. La Trobe ...

New gigs for Qantas Super execs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
Three Qantas Super executives have landed in new roles following the merger of the fund with Australian Retirement Trust in March. This is in addition to the appointment of Qantas Super boss Michael Clancy to the top investment job at REST Super. Clancy ...

Jarden Strengthens advisory team with Rothschild exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
Jarden has nabbed a Rothschild & Co heavyweight to further bolster its trans-Tasman strategic advisory business. Sam Prentice has joined the trans-Tasman stockbroker as a managing director. Jarden said he has been instrumental in building Rothschild's ...

Benchmark-clinging passive investors risk meagre returns: Perpetual

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... individual wealth managers looking to move substantial capital, even long-term investors are starting to reassess their heavy allocation to a single market. Sherwood identified four drivers behind elevated valuations - declining discount rates over three ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... Europeans were willing to break free of some of their self-imposed shackles of the last 16 years, whether that was a relatively heavy-handed approach to regulation, or a constraining approach to fiscal policy, especially by Germany." The clearest evidence ...