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ASIC loses appeal against Finder Wallet

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... said the outcome reaffirms the company's compliance framework. "We understand and respect the importance of good regulation to protect consumers and we engaged openly and proactively with ASIC from the outset," Restuccia said. "We are delighted with ...

AI, corporate tax, skilled workers key to productivity: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
The Productivity Commission says the nation should adopt a "growth mindset" by embracing artificial intelligence (AI), boosting human capital and rejigging corporate taxes to boost static productivity levels. The report, Growth mindset: how to boost ...

Treasury wants 'more confidence' in sustainable product labels

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
... 'sustainable', 'green' or similar words mean when they're applied to financial products. The paper includes current regulation and disclosure requirements for financial products, overseas frameworks, and some designed options for ...

Macquarie AM closes $6bn European infra strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025
Macquarie Asset Management has raised a total of €3.5 billion ($6.3bn) at the final close of its first dedicated European infrastructure debt fund. The Macquarie European Infrastructure Debt Fund (MEID) has raised €1.2 billion ($2.1bn) upon the ...

Adviser exodus puts retirement savings at risk: CPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... harder to find and more expensive," he said. "The federal government must take action to help alleviate the burden of regulation and costs faced by advisers before the shortage becomes an irreversible crisis."

Rainmaker names new executive director of research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
... where he was professor of finance. He was also chief executive of the Centre of Excellence in International Finance & Regulation (CIFR) from 2013 to 2016. Prior to that, he was research director at RoZetta Institute from 2009 to 2024. While there he ...

Northern Trust selected to test tokenised asset uses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... The work is also supported by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), and the Australian Treasury. This project is one of the initiatives highlighted in the government's March ...

APRA acknowledges need to reduce regulatory burden

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... responses. Respondents were asked whether changes to APRA's prudential framework sufficiently considered the costs of regulation imposed on the industry. Some 40% said the consideration was inadequate; super funds rated their experience at just 21% ...

Union redundancy funds in ASIC's sights

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... remake the existing relief with additional conditions. ASIC intends to announce its final position on its approach to regulation of these funds under the Corporations Act by late 2025. Employee redundancy funds are arrangements established to accept ...

ART makes sweeping changes to corporate super plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... level of cover a member can have. ART said to better align the scheme with the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulation 1994 (SIS) definition for the early release of superannuation benefits under a terminal medical condition, the insurance policy ...