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Netwealth to spend $101m compensating First Guardian victims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... menu, as well as reviewing all investment options against its uplifted investment governance requirements to determine whether they remain suitable. Netwealth can also not onboard certain new high-risk investment options to the platform unless the independent ...

Three megatrends to watch in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... be diminishing," Bassanese said. Looking specifically at Australia, Bassanese said the major question in the economy is whether the nation has hit capacity constraints. "Can we allow the economy to continue to grow at trend or more pace, or does the ...

ASFA expands financial crime prevention framework for super trustees

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... misuse of member credentials, along with indicative controls and reporting expectations. Trustees can also use it to test whether their risk management frameworks and operational risk settings adequately address fraud and scam threats. Meanwhile, the ...

Vanguard identifies strongest asset classes for coming decade

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... "Overall, these three investment opportunities are both offensive and defensive. This risk assessment holds no matter whether today's AI exuberance ultimately proves rational or not," the report said. Vanguard global chief economist and global head of ...

Mulino looks to reform CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... in February seeking comments on some of those concrete proposals that I flagged... at the roundtable." Questioned about whether the government was looking to expand those who contribute to paying the CSLR to SMSFs, Mulino said while it is not possible ...

APRA consults on CPS 230 amendments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... additional type or provider, then the submission should include why the entity considers the provider to be material. Whether it relied upon for the delivery of a critical operation, or how it exposes the entity to material operational risk. APRA also ...

Morningstar moves to pay-for-play model

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... meaningful peer comparisons. It will also provide a medalist rating price score from -2.5 to 2.5, which will explicitly reflect whether an investment fee is a liability or competitive advantage, subtracting from or adding to the overall rating. The new ...

Chalmers accused of sitting on advice for MIS reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
Questions have been raised in the Senate Economics Legislation Committee over whether Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been sitting on advice for reforms related to the regulation of managed investment schemes. Senator for NSW Dave Sharma asked the Department ...

ASIC eyeing advisers recommending private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... accurate disclosure enables investors to understand what they are paying for, directly and indirectly, and to better judge whether they are being appropriately compensated for the associated risk." In relation to valuations, Kirkland said investors rely ...

Shield proposes to liquidate equities to pay investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... clarified that the application to the Federal Court addresses the different interests of investors who were in the SMF - whether directly as unitholders or as indirect investors via membership of financial services offered by institutions such as Macquarie ...