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68% pass financial adviser exam: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... financial adviser exam will be held on 5 March 2026. The booking period for this exam opens 23 January 2026 and closes 13 February 2026. Separately, the CFP's Certification Exam held in November saw a pass rate of 64% for the 3970 candidates who sat ...

AMP launches new series of funds

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... returns and steady income by diversifying beyond shares and bonds to enhance portfolio stability. Since its inception in February 2012, it has delivered 3.6% p.a. (net of fees) above the benchmark. AMP chief investment officer Anna Shelley said: "By ...

MetLife scores group insurance mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... cover for Death and Total & Permanent Disablement (TPD), as well as the option to apply for voluntary cover. Effective 6 February 2026, members will be eligible for automatic cover if they have an account balance of $6000 or more or are aged between ...

ASIC invites feedback on disclosure requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... transaction, which may risk confidentiality. ASIC is inviting feedback and ideas from the sector by 5pm AEDT on Friday, 20 February 2026.

APRA's fresh guardrails to impact property investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... contain a build-up of housing-related vulnerabilities in the financial system, APRA chair John Lonsdale said. From 1 February 2026, the limit on home loans will allow authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) to lend up to 20% of their new mortgage ...

Macquarie makes bid for Qube

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... Qube Holdings for $5.20 per share. Both firms have now entered a deed which gives Macquarie an exclusivity period until February 2026 to carry out its due diligence on the logistics firm. The proposal implies an enterprise value for Qube of $11.6 billion ...

Alexander Funds bolsters Sydney office with new hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... Sydney in line with Melbourne, with both offices now staffed by two sales specialists. Melbourne was strengthened in February with the appointment of Beatriz Marchueta as regional manager for Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Reporting to Inifer ...

ASIC acts against MWL, its director and lead generator

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... to clients to invest their superannuation into the Shield Master Fund (Shield). It's alleged that between May 2022 and February 2024, nine MWL representatives advised at least 556 clients to invest about $114 million of their superannuation into Shield. ...

Aware Super, Barings spin-off BTR portfolio

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... manager across the BTR portfolio, as well as looking after acquisitions and operations. The BTR portfolio, initiated in February 2024, currently has a pipeline of over 2000 BTR dwellings under management or in planning across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane ...

UniSuper commits over $760m to Macquarie AM's infra strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... and Potters Industries alongside MAM with board representation and governance rights. DynaGrid was acquired by MAM in February and focuses on upgrading and building critical transmission and substation infrastructure in Texas, South East and Midwest ...