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Number of AFSLs plateaus: Rainmaker

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
At end September 2025 there were 15,446 ASIC-registered financial advisers in Australia, according to the Rainmaker Financial Adviser report. Over the year to September, there was a decrease of 71 advisers, with 10 leaving the industry in the September ...

Future Fund returns top $200bn since inception

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
Australia's sovereign wealth fund's returns exceeded $200 billion in September for the first time since its inception. The Future Fund achieved an annual return of 8.3% over the past decade, exceeding the targeted mandate of 7%. It provided a return ...

First Mutual Private Equity gambled $80m of investor funds: ASIC

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
... believed to be more than double this at $131 million. Per the court ruling, ASIC initially extended the freeze order to September 10 and Cotton was required to file affidavit evidence listing all the assets and liabilities of himself and FMPE by September ...

Zombie companies on the ASX are dying out

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... trade. The number of zombies on the ASX has been on a downward trend, falling from a peak of 180 last year to 90 in September this year. The average size of these companies also fell, with market capitalisation dropping from $1.1 billion to $525 million. ...

Chris Marco sentenced to prison over $34m fraud

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... fraudster Chris Marco had his sentence handed down this week, after being found guilty following a five-week trial in September. The Supreme Court of Western Australia has sentenced Marco to 14 years imprisonment, with eligibility for parole after 12 ...

Ironbark partners to offer global quantitative equity capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... important markets, accounting for US$5.1 billion in assets under management (AUM) of its global AUM of US$15 billion as at September 30. It also has a dedicated Australian leadership presence, led by Adrian Banner, head of Australia and portfolio manager ...

Senior investment professional departs Rest Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... three years as manager of treasury client services. Before that, she served as a senior money market manager at ANZ from September 1997 to July 2002. Rest head of listed assets Kiran Singh noted Duff's 20-year career and her "immeasurable contribution" ...

November rate cut likely off the table as inflation lifts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.3% in the September 2025 quarter and 3.2% annually, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The CPI rose 1.3% in the September 2025 quarter, which is the highest quarterly rise since March 2023. ...

BlackRock expands fixed income ETF lineup

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... BlackRock provides investors access to over 1700 ETFs and has around $5.2 trillion in assets under management as of September. In Australia, iShares ETFs has crossed $50 billion assets under management. BlackRock has also been gearing up to list a Bitcoin ...

Macquarie to shed more than 240 investment options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... in October alone, a total of 251 investment options have severed or will soon sever ties with the Wrap platform. In September, Macquarie closed off several Metrics Credit Partners products, such as the Direct Income Fund, Income Opportunities Trust ...