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Pacific Current sells European boutique

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024

Pacific Current Group (PAC) has offloaded Carlisle Management Company to a NASDAQ-listed alternatives asset manager. Abacus Life has agreed to acquire Carlisle in full. It will pay for the acquisition via a combination of Abacus bonds and common stock. ...

iExtend receives AFSL after lengthy wait

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024

iExtend has been granted an AFSL, after entering a court enforceable undertaking last year over concerns of unlicensed conduct. In November 2023, the life insurance startup entered a court enforceable undertaking after ASIC pinged it for possibly operating ...

Lendlease ditches overseas construction

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024

Lendlease will abandon its international construction operations as part of a broader restructure that will make nearly 3000 workers redundant over the next 18 months. The ASX-listed firm today announced it will solely focus on its development and construction ...

ASIC consults on misconduct reporting rules

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024

ASIC has released a consultation paper seeking feedback on updated regulatory guidelines for external administrators and controllers when reporting and lodging statutory reports about alleged misconduct. The proposed updates to Regulatory Guide 16 External ...

James Mawhinney arrested as Mayfair 101 saga rolls on

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024

Mayfair 101's James Mawhinney was arrested yesterday and charged with engaging in dishonest conduct for allegedly claiming IPO Wealth Group owned companies that it did not. Mawhinney has been in a years-long battle with ASIC now, with the regulator ...

James Mawhinney applies to have ASIC's case struck out

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 8 APR 2024

Lawyers acting on behalf of the embattled Mayfair 101 private equity investment group have applied to the Federal Court to strike out the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) case against the group's managing director James Mawhinney. ...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman dies

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024

Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist and author, has died aged 90. Kahneman was an Israeli American psychologist whose research into human behaviour upended economics. Kahneman's research demonstrated humans would often abandon logic and ...

Mayfair 101 regains control of assets, liquidators abandon claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024

The terms of a $44 million legal settlement reached between Mayfair 101, James Mawhinney and the liquidators of IPO Wealth Holdings have been released to the public. In July 2022, Mayfair 101, its managing director James Mawhinney, and the liquidators ...

Warren Buffet honours Charlie Munger in Berkshire shareholder letter

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024

Warren Buffet praised his former right-hand man, Charlie Munger, as the "architect" of Berkshire Hathaway in its latest shareholder letter. In his tribute, Buffet acknowledged Munger for guiding him to acquire wonderful businesses at fair prices rather ...

Inflation falls to 4.1%, RBA weighs rate cut

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024

Annual inflation in December 2023 was 4.1%, down from 5.4% the previous quarter, but still above the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 2-3% target band. This marks the fourth consecutive quarter of declining annual inflation, down from a peak of 7.8% ...

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BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

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