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VanEck launches AUD-hedged equity ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
VanEck is launching three new AUD-hedged international equity ETFs, prompted by increasing demand from financial advisers and investors. The investment manager's new ETFs, scheduled for a November 9 debut on the ASX, will leverage VanEck's existing ...

ASIC updates qualified tax relevant provider definition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
Financial advisers who are both a relevant provider and a registered tax agent now satisfy the definition of a "qualified tax relevant provider" without having to undertake specific courses, according to ASIC. The corporate regulator said it made a ...

XTBs to be delisted following collapse

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
Equity Trustees has given notice that it intends to wind up the trust that underlies the collapsed Australian Corporate Bond Company (ACBC), requesting Cboe Australia allow it to delist its exchange-traded bond (XTB) products. Cboe has agreed in principle ...

Westpac reports $7.2bn profit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
Soaring interest rates bolstered Westpac home and business loan books which ultimately saw the bottom line jump by 26% to $7.2 billion. The major bank's full-year performance to September reaped from $70 billion worth of home loans that transitioned ...

Dispute resolution failures land TelstraSuper in Federal Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
The corporate regulator is taking TelstraSuper to the Federal Court for allegedly failing to comply with internal dispute resolution requirements. ASIC alleges that 40% of the corporate superannuation fund's responses to complainants during a specific ...

Macquarie appoints Byres, half-year results decline

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2023
Former APRA chair Wayne Byres will join the board of Macquarie Bank as the latter releases half-year results that are "substantially down" compared to this time last year. Byres is set to join as a non-executive director on 1 February 2024. Byres left ...

Janus Henderson to delist from ASX

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023
Janus Henderson is set to delist from the ASX, saying the proportion of capital held through CHESS Depository Interests (CDIs) has "declined significantly." The investment manager, which anticipates delisting from the ASX on December 6, has seen its ...

Licensees flout breach reporting regime: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
ASIC warned it is taking tougher action on licensees as they fail to comply with the reportable situations regime two years on. Of the 16,836 reports ASIC received from financial services and credit licensees in the year to June 2023, 17% took over ...

NAB commits to $1bn of lending to boost First Nations businesses

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
NAB is ramping up its support of First Nations businesses, setting a $1 billion lending target over the next three years. The commitment will see NAB's funding of First Nations businesses and community organisations jump by 140% from its current ...

Caddick victims sue auditors in class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
A new class action led by victims of Melissa Caddick alleges that auditors of their self-managed superannuation funds failed their jobs to detect fraudulent activities. Twenty-four victims, together with the help of Melbourne-based law firm Mackay Chapman ...