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ASIC bans adviser attached to UGC, MWL

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025

ASIC has banned Melbourne-based financial adviser Jovan Videkanic from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business or performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial services business ...

MA Financial sees record gross inflows

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025

MA Financial has reported record inflows of $2.2 billion in the nine months to September, up 41% on the prior corresponding period. Assets under management (AUM) jumped 34% to $13.3 billion in Q3. Inflows continue to grow on strong investor interest ...

Rumours swirl around Perpetual's wealth business sale

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025

Perpetual told shareholders negotiations are ongoing for the sale of its wealth business, which was initially announced in February. This comes as Bloomberg reported Oaktree Capital has secured private credit financing from Ares Management and Barings ...

ASIC slaps MWL adviser with ban over Shield involvement

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025

ASIC has banned Wade Spooner of Melbourne for eight years for advising his clients to invest their superannuation into the Shield Master Fund while he was an authorised representative of MWL Financial Services. Spooner, also a member of MWL's investment ...

IFM Investors, Nest complete first UK investments

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025

IFM Investors and Nest have completed their first UK investments since the UK pension fund took a 10% stake in IFM in February this year. As part of this partnership, Nest committed close to £500 million to seed a global infrastructure debt fund managed ...

Bravura appoints new chair, deputy chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025

Bravura Solutions appointed a new chair and deputy chair at the end of its annual general meeting this week. Russell Baskerville has taken over as chair while Damien Leonard was named deputy chair. Based in Perth, Baskerville is the founder and managing ...

Federal Court dismisses Freedom Insurance staff allegations

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025

The Federal Court has dismissed ASIC's claims that a former Freedom Insurance director and staff member were engaged in shocking and harmful sales tactics. Judge Goodman did not accept ASIC's claims that former director Keith Cohen and quality ...

Former Statewide Super executives acquitted

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025

Two former Statewide Super executives who were terminated by the fund and then charged with dishonesty offences have been acquitted. In January 2020, Statewide Super terminated its chief risk officer Kieran Netting and chief financial and operating ...

PIMCO expands active ETF offering with EARN

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025

PIMCO has launched the PIMCO Short Term Active Yield Active ETF (EARN), offering an alternative to traditional cash and term deposits by combining capital preservation and liquidity in a short-duration, actively managed strategy. EARN will invest in ...

ASIC seeks compensation for Shield victims from EQT

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025

ASIC has updated its Statement of Claim in the proceedings against Equity Trustees (EQT) to include a claim for compensation for losses incurred by members of the AMG Super and Super Simplifier platforms who invested in Shield Master Fund. This is in ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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