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VBP names inaugural chief growth officer

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
Financial planning outsourcing specialist Vital Business Partners (VBP) has created a new executive role focused on expanding advice relationships, winning new clients and strengthening its offering to advice businesses and licensees. Craig Kouimanis ...

Former BW Equities employee charged for misappropriating funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
A former employee of the Victorian boutique advice business has been arrested and charged for allegedly trading client's shares without consent that generated close to $500,000 for himself. Emre Tahsin Basar of Victoria, a former employee of BW Equities ...

ASIC strengthens AI trading safeguards

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
ASIC is strengthening safeguards for automated and AI-enabled trading. The regulator will also streamline requirements for securities and futures market participants under incoming changes to its Market Integrity Rules (MIRs). ASIC said the reforms ...

Investors jump ship from private markets

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
Financial advisers are pulling back from private market investments as concerns over liquidity, fees and transparency weigh on allocations, according to VanEck's 2026 Smart Beta Survey. The survey, which received 938 responses from financial professionals ...

ACCC green lights I Squared takeover of oOh!media

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
The competition commission of Australia has given the go-ahead for I Squared Capital to acquire ASX-listed oOh!media. The transaction still requires regulatory approvals from the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) and the NZ Overseas ...

ASX still falling short of RBA's expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) annual assessment of the ASX's clearing and settlement (CS) facilities has found the market operator is still not meeting the mark. The ASX CS facilities were rated as having 'observed' or 'broadly observed' many ...

Antares Equities veteran resigns ahead of Janus Henderson takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
Antares Equities' portfolio manager and head of fundamentals will conclude a long-serving tenure at the firm and will not transition to its soon-to-be parent company Janus Henderson. John Guadagnuolo has been with Antares Equities for 18 years. ...

Treasury consults to improve data visibility into MISs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
Treasury has opened a consultation for managed investment schemes (MISs) to provide more data to help identify emerging risks earlier. The collapse of Shield and First Guardian highlighted gaps in regulators' visibility of the sector, which costed Australians ...

Rest director for product departs

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
The general manager, product at Rest has left the super fund after nearly four years. Scott Tully has departed the $113 billion fund after a close to four-year stint. He joined Rest as head of investment option development in March 2023 on a contract ...

ASIC halts Remara's private credit products for TMD deficiencies

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
... strong" investment rating and a product complexity indicator of "complex." ASIC commissioner Simone Constant said the regulator is taking this action to protect retail investors from acquiring products that may not be suitable for their financial objectives ...