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Four men charged over sophisticated bond scam

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... described as "high quality, mimicking or copying actual prospectuses from major financial services providers." The fake investments ranged from one to 10 year-terms with fixed returns between 4.5% and 9.5% per annum. Although it is not alleged that the ...

Legal costs weigh on AMP profits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... which rose 7.4% to $58 million, and AMP Bank which had a 2.9% rise in profit to $36 million. The Superannuation and Investments unit held steady with $34 million in underlying profits. However, net cash outflows (excluding pension payments) did improve ...

Australian Ethical lifts investment fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... 0.89% to 0.95%. There are no changes to the Defensive or Australian Shares investment fees and costs. "Alternative investments can provide greater diversification and more consistent returns when added to a portfolio of traditional assets," Australian ...

Metrics hires for newly created role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
Metrics Credit Partners has welcomed a head of impact investments, hiring a Mercer veteran. Rebecca Mather has joined Metrics in the newly created role, having previously spent more than 25 years at Mercer. She was most recently Asia Pacific and IMEA ...

FCA fines Neil Woodford, WIM $94m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... WIM and Woodford made unreasonable and inappropriate investment decisions. "They disproportionately sold more liquid investments (those that are easier to sell) and bought less liquid ones over this period. This meant that at the time of suspension only ...

CFS taps JPMAM for private equity push

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... JPMAM's Private Equity Group (PEG), which manages US$35 billion in for global clients, will invest in secondaries and co-investments on behalf of CFS. This will have a focus on small- and mid-market buyout transactions that offer attractive risk ...

Productivity Commission recommends corporate tax cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... cashflow tax that supports companies' capital expenditure by allowing them to immediately deduct the full value of their investments. Together, the changes could increase investment in the economy by $8 billion while being revenue-neutral over the medium ...

Employee shareholders officially file lawsuit against FNZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... directors have at all times acted in the best interests of the company, its clients, employees and all stakeholders," "The investments by FNZ's institutional shareholders reflect a strong commitment to the company's long-term growth and success, an outcome ...

Orbis Investments recruits top marketing executive

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
With fresh ambitions to grow its advised retail investor base, $72 billion fund manager Orbis Investments appoints a highly-credentialed marketing executive to its fold. Sarah Bunning, who just last month was the marketing director at Capital Group ...

CALI launches review of Life Code

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... leadership in financial regulation and consumer policy. He has served as deputy chair of both the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Kell was also chief executive of ...