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James Mawhinney launches another appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Mayfair 101 managing director James Mawhinney is appealing the Federal Court's decision to bar him from dealing in financial products for 15 years. Last month, the Federal Court upheld a previous decision to ban Mawhinney from receiving or soliciting ...

Court blocks Merhi from financial services

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Venture Egg financial adviser Ferras Merhi has been banned from working in financial services after ASIC successfully obtained interim restraining orders from the Federal Court. Yesterday, Justice Moshinsky restrained Merhi "through his servants, agents ...

UGC auditor 'comprehensively failed', registration stripped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... held by the Alpha Fund, or as to the recoverability of loans from UGC to its director Joel Hewish for which there were no loan agreements made. "The evidence showed that the companies' property developments and investments included related party investments ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
For much of the past year or so, there has been a great deal of focus on the superannuation industry and its processing of insurance claims, largely owing to immense delays at some of the largest institutions. Stories have emerged of the likes of AustralianSuper ...

ASIC issues interim stop orders to TruePillars

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... offerings. The interim orders prevent the fund from offering, issuing, selling or transferring interests in the Pooled Unit and Loan Units of TruePillars Investment, a managed fund promoted by T.P.R.E Ltd. TruePillars' website said: "Pooled units fund ...

Equity Story to raise $3.5m to enter property sector

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... non-executive director. Equity Story also received a strategic investment of $650,000 from Alex Brinkmeyer by way of a convertible loan. Brinkmeyer joins the board as non-executive chair and has committed to supporting future fundraising. Equity Story ...

Soul Patts focused on 'bespoke' private sector investing

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
Speaking at the Australian Shareholders' Association Engage webinar, Washington H. Soul Pattinson (Soul Patts) chief executive Todd Barlow shared how the firm achieved success in both the listed and the private sectors. Barlow said the firm has ...

Australia dominates APAC real estate private credit raisings

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
... transaction activity, generating more opportunities for credit funds to work with developers and investors and reducing the risk of loan impairments as the market shifts to a recovery phase," Burston said. "In addition, easing construction cost inflation ...

Prime Super recruits product veteran

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
Prime Super has bolstered its leadership team with the appointment of two experienced executives from Active Super, bringing deep industry expertise product development and member services. Renee Tkalec joins the asset owner as head of product bringing ...

Betashares expands Wealth Builder range

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... moderate 30-40% range. The fund borrows at institutional rates, streamlining investor access to low-cost funding without loan applications, credit checks or portfolio rebalancing, Betashares said. GGBL is the fourth fund in the Betashares Wealth Builder ...