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ASIC report a 'solid point of reference' for private credit guardrails

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... having been informed by its own independent review of the private credit sector, both overseas and at home. Meantime, the Financial Services Council (FSC) welcomed the findings, saying the report highlights both the important role private capital plays ...

Vale Rupert Smoker

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... 47. Smoker co-founded Evolution Trustees almost a decade ago and served as chief executive. He was well known in the financial services industry, particularly through his time at Perpetual, where he had overseen the business development as head of responsible ...

Federal court slams director for 'fanciful' asset valuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... Queensland-based director David Hodgson from managing corporations for five years and permanently restrained him from engaging in financial services without an Australian financial services licence (AFSL). This comes after ASIC brought action against ...

Diversa winds up struggling super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... its most recent Member Outcomes Assessment, it was flagged that the Personal Choice Private Fund was not promoting the financial interests of its members. This was determined on the basis that administration fees at the product level were more expensive ...

National decline in retirement confidence: AMP

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... $75,000 to maintain their current lifestyle. The rating supports an alarming national decline in confidence towards financial security during retirement. Based off the commissioned survey of 2000 Australians by an independent research company, the Pulse ...

Insignia Financial to upgrade digital infrastructure

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
Insignia Financial is enhancing its digital infrastructure by using the AI capabilities offered by the Google Cloud platform. Implementation of this new technology will improve personalisation and efficiency of service delivery across all Insignia Financial ...

Unprecedented US M&As a boon for Australia: BGA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... in wealth management," Hagopian told the BGA's M&A Symposium this morning. Providing a snapshot of the number of financial advisers, Hagopian counted 16,000 SEC-registered investment advisers; the RIA industry has US$144.6 trillion in AUM; and Australia ...

MHC Digital partners to launch stablecoin platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... Australian-built Redbelly. It will also be able to provide extensive regulatory oversight, including a fit-for-purpose Australian financial services licence (AFSL) and Digital Currency Exchange registration with AUSTRAC. The venture builds on MHC's partnership ...

MSC awarded dual mandate from newly established litigation funder

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
MSC Trustees and MSC Abacus, both part of MSC Group, have been appointed as the trustee and administrator for a newly established third-party litigation funder, Ninety Mile Capital. Ninety Mile Capital is based in Melbourne and was founded by chief ...

ASIC issues interim stop orders to RELI Capital

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... Capital. The regulator said it is to protect consumers and retail investors from acquiring a product not suitable for their financial objectives. Its action follows concern that the target market in the target market determination (TMD) for the fund ...