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Receivers appointed to First Mutual Private Equity

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... continuing, and the next hearing will take place on 10 April 2026. Last month, ASIC's investigation indicated that the funds were not shown to be invested in shares on any stock market, but instead, about $80 million has been largely spent on gambling ...

Perpetual extends exclusive talks for wealth management sale

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
Perpetual has extended the exclusivity deed with Bain Capital Private Equity to Q1 next year. In an ASX announcement this morning, Perpetual said while discussions are progressing well, there is no certainty of reaching a binding agreement, or that ...

Equity Trustees hit with additional licence conditions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... Speaking at the Equity Trustees annual general meeting in October, managing director Mick O'Brien reiterated ETLS does not consider itself responsible for the losses incurred by members who invested in the First Guardian Master Fund or Shield Master ...

AMP upgrades North

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... accessible, high-quality financial advice. "Platforms can often just launch a whole bunch of features to advisors, and they're not that well integrated," Batsakis said. Transforming this fragmented process into one seamless experience, the focus ...

Fund managers remain bullish on AI for 2026

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
Experts believe the hype around artificial intelligence (AI) is not a bubble and remain constructive on the sector going into 2026. Munro Partners portfolio manager Kieran Moore said the Melbourne-based investment management firm sees AI as a five to ...

ASX-listed companies at breaking point: Alvarez & Marsal

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... Economic headwinds continue to challenge Australian corporates, and the rate of restructuring activity is on the rise. "It's not just formal insolvency processes making headlines. We're seeing a wave of 'amend and extend' deals, waiver requests, redundancies/reorganisations ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, in a statement. "Large pension funds increasingly see climate change not as a moral issue but as a systemic financial threat to long-term portfolio values, and they expect their managers to act accordingly." ...

Why a single insto client is a massive business risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... teams. "A lot of those funds are in-sourcing their management over time. They're using more passive strategies and are not willing to pay for performance. They're also very fee sensitive," he said. Another reason why some fund managers choose ...

Natixis, Generali call off $3.2tn joint venture talks

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... Managers and Generali Investment Holdings (GIH) have decided to call off their plans for a joint venture, citing conditions not ripe to reach a final agreement. Natixis' owner BPCE and GIH's parent company Generali said they carried out extensive ...

Sequoia expects earnings hit from Shield, First Guardian

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... "recognise several non-cash impairments and provisions in 1HFY26" relating to the developments of Shield and First Guardian but did not detail how much. The impairment is expected to include a provision for potential claims under the insurance excess ...