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ASIC releases legal obligations for private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... services; maintain competence to provide financial services covered by the licence; and have adequate risk management systems. Various provisions of the ASIC Act also apply, including the misleading or deceptive conduct prohibitions and unconscionable ...

CEFC invests $35m in Starling Energy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
... and accelerate the rollout of Virtual Power Plant (VPP) services, underpinned by the uptake of Plico's solar and battery systems across Australia. Starling Energy's end-to-end solar, battery and VPP service through Plico helps consumers by reducing energy ...

Capital Haus acquires Adelaide advice firm, FUM to exceed $1bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... coming months. Under the agreement, Baker Young will be equipped with institutional infrastructure, portfolio management systems, and research capabilities of a modern asset manager, Capital Haus said. Both Baker Young and Capital Haus' existing clients ...

Government cracks down on financial abuse via coerced directorships

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... directorships. The consultation paper by the Treasury noted that financial abusers can exploit loopholes in tax and corporate systems, weaponising company directorships and creating debt as a form of coercive control. Treasury is seeking feedback on ...

TelstraSuper members caught off guard by Direct Access closure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... benefit to members as a whole in Aware Super, while requiring significant investment to build and integrate the necessary systems." "... we've made the difficult decision to close our Direct Access investment option," TelstraSuper said. "We recognise ...

Future Fund rethinks portfolio amid 'greater uncertainty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... risk of more frequent and more intense novel shocks likely to occur across global economies, and social and environmental systems, a focus on resilience ensures our investment portfolio remains aligned with our long-term investment goals." In response ...

Former ASIC chair, FASEA chief launch trustee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... preserving identity and independence". It said this is an area where a lot of smaller and mid-sized funds operating with legacy systems will struggle going forward. "Consolidation has reduced the number of players in the sector, but many, particularly ...

Quant investing bounces back post Trump whipsaw

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... years in this style, the one-year performance post drawdown tends to be a period of outperformance for trend following systems," she said. "I am pretty optimistic that we are coming into a period where trend following systems will perform, recognising ...

Interprac sued over Shield, First Guardian failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... ensure representatives acted in clients' best interests. It's also been accused of lacking adequate risk management systems. The regulator said it was because of "critical oversight and compliance failures" by Interprac that thousands of Australians ...

MBS Insurance partners with Orbital Life

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... and establishing joint venture relationships with advice firms but, adjacent to that, we've invested heavily in our systems, processes and technology to drive efficiencies and make ourselves an attractive strategic partner to high quality businesses ...