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Rest boosts impact, sustainability investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
Rest has handed $232 million to specialist climate investment firm Wollemi Capital, which will now launch its first managed vehicle. The invested capital comes from the superannuation fund's Growth Alternative strategy. Rest said the investment ...

HUB24 recruits Vanguard sales manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
HUB24 has appointed a leader to its platform growth team, who will be responsible for building industry relationships once he takes the reins on September 2. Matt Willis has been appointed to the newly created role of executive general manager, platform ...

Adviser banned for PRP supervision failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
A financial adviser that did not properly supervise a provisional relevant provider (PRP) is now banned from the industry for five years. Ian Wailes Potter of Superannuation Advice Australia has been banned from providing any financial services, controlling ...

Former adviser charged over clients' near $1m loss

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
A permanently banned former financial adviser has been slapped with multiple charges for allegedly making dishonest representations to potential investors in relation to acquiring shares in his own doomed company. Donald James Cuthbertson, the founder ...

T. Rowe Price brings research equity strategy down under

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
The $2.6 trillion asset manager has launched its actively managed Global Structured Research Equity Strategy in Australia, complementing its existing suite of products. The fund leverages T. Rowe Price's global research platform to provide investors ...

HUB24, Netwealth projected to overtake Insignia: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
Morningstar has revised its forecasts for HUB24 and Netwealth, with continued strong performance from the pair pushing their valuations higher. Total shareholder returns for HUB24 and Netwealth since the start of the year to 24 July 2025 were around ...

American Century cuts US outlook amid tariff impacts

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
American Century Investments has revised its medium-term capital markets assumptions, which were formulated in April before US President Donald Trump's tariffs were announced. US equity return forecasts have declined, driven by falling price-to-earnings ...

FSC explores if adviser licensing framework remains 'fit for purpose'

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released a green paper addressing the case for reforming Australia's financial advice licensing framework to better progress the advice sector against today's challenges. FSC's The Value and Future ...

Brighter Super awards $50m mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
A new $50 million mandate will see Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) invest Brighter Super members' retirement savings back into the state's economy through high-growth, innovative businesses. The mandate will invest in businesses delivering strong ...

ASX updates waiver disclosure rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
ASX-listed entities granted a waiver are now required to disclose its nature and effect as the exchange aims to provide investors with greater transparency. ASX companies must also disclose the reasons for seeking the waiver within one business day ...