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Treasury opens CSLR funding, sustainability consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... personal financial advice sub-sector, in FY26. The scheme has been criticised for its constant depletion of funding. Last December, then shadow financial services minister Pat Conaghan slammed the CSLR, saying that a scheme designed to compensate victims ...

Challenger injects $3.7bn in BOQ, bolsters private credit book

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... to expand its capabilities, partnering with high-quality counterparties to deliver tailored funding solutions." Last December, Challenger helped finance ASX-listed Spark New Zealand's NZ$240 million of interest-free payment receivables, extending ...

ASX is 'compromised' and 'lacks aspiration': Final report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... ASIC chair Joe Longo said the ASX Inquiry's Final Report reinforced the strategic package of reforms ASIC announced in December was the urgent reset required. "This report confirms that ASIC's decision to commission this unprecedented Inquiry was the ...

APRA imposes additional licence conditions on Fiducian

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... requirements to ensure ongoing suitability of each option. "These actions, together with APRA's enforcement response in December 2025, are consistent with that approach and reflect APRA's risk-based approach to enforcement, which prioritises issues and ...

Hostplus weighs digital asset exposure for members

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... the fund's assessment is in its early stages and no decision has been made yet. At its 2025 annual member meeting in December, Hostplus said: "We understand that many of our members are interested in investing in cryptocurrency, and that interest is ...

Another former Venture Egg adviser slapped with four-year ban

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... impersonating other advisers. ASIC has banned Nicholas Hogan from the financial services industry for four years, effective 18 December 2025. During his employment as an authorised representative for Interprac Financial Planning and Rhys Reilly, also ...

T. Rowe Price Australia country head exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... distribution ranks. Cassandra Crowe was promoted to head of institutional distribution for Australia and New Zealand in December 2025, while retaining her role as head of consultant relations for Asia Pacific, with her expanded remit effective January ...

Binance Australia to pay $10m over deliberate customer misclassifications

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... its retail clients between July 2022 and April 2023. ASIC commenced legal proceedings against the crypto platform in December 2024 alleging the entity breached multiple obligations, including inadequate oversight and subpar onboarding and classification ...

Household wealth rises 2.5%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
Total household wealth rose by 2.5%, or $453.7 billion, in the December quarter 2025, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The main reason for the rise was driven by increased property values the value of residential land and dwellings ...

GESB chief bows out after 10 years

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... According to fund's website, GESB has over 250,000 members and more than $46 billion in funds under management as at 31 December 2025.