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Netwealth reports record $36bn FUM in Q1

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
Netwealth observed record growth over the first quarter of the financial year, with both funds under administration (FUA) and funds under management (FUM) increasing by $3.4 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively. Market movements also contributed $0.8 ...

Janus Henderson launches global equities active ETF

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
Janus Henderson Investors has launched a global equities strategy designed to combine a broad market exposure with research-driven stock selection. The Janus Henderson Global Research-Engineered Active ETF (ASX: JGBL) has been listed on the ASX, offering ...

Equip Super financial chief to exit amid C-suite reshuffle

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
Equip Super has restructured its C-suite by welcoming four new members, while announcing its long-serving chief financial officer is set to depart at the end of November. The move follows Equip Super chief executive Luke Symons completing his first ...

ASIC consults on new digital asset laws

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
... proposed approach to standards and regulatory guidance about complying with the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Act 2026. The consultation includes draft guidance on instructions to comply with the new laws for operators of digital ...

First Sentier lists active ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
First Sentier Investors has listed the First Sentier Global Listed Infrastructure Fund (Hedged) Active ETF (ASX: PWER), now available to Australian advisers and investors. First Sentier said PWER invests in a portfolio of high-quality global infrastructure ...

Vale Melanie McQuire

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
Former chief executive and managing director of Maple-Brown Abbott Melanie McQuire passed away this week after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer. McQuire's family announced the news, asking for donations to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. ...

FEATURE | Governance | Stumping up

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
"No one can predict a fraud in advance. We're not clairvoyants." The chair of Diversa Trustees, Vincent Plant, testified before last month's parliamentary committee inquiry into the collapse of the Shield and First Guardian master funds. The ...

'Flawed' CSLR model needs to be redesigned: SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
The latest proposal from the government to see super funds contribute to the Compensation Scheme as a Last Resort (CSLR) would force everyday Australians to fund failures which arose in unrelated high-risk financial services, the Super Members Council ...

Treasury consults shifting tax debts from victims to abusers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
Treasury is consulting on extending the powers of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to strengthen its response to financial abuse. This would allow the taxation office to pause debt recovery against victim-survivors, pursue the debts from perpetrators ...

Former adviser defies permanent banning orders

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
Former financial adviser Ezzat Daniel Nesseim has defied ASIC's permanent banning orders and is in the process of being prosecuted. Nesseim was slapped with permanent banning orders by the regulator between 2018 and 2019 that barred him from providing ...