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Now is the best time to invest in infrastructure: Palisade

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... country will need to generate roughly 10 to 15 gigawatts (GW) in the next decade. "Looking ahead, we've estimated that in order [to accommodate] Australia's need for short- and medium-term reliability requirements and our long-term commitments ...

ASIC bans investment scammer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
... false document and proceeds of crime offences and was sentenced to 85 days imprisonment and a 30-month Community Corrections order. ASIC said it worked closely with Victoria Police on this matter. Victoria Police initiated charges against Beresford for ...

Funeral insurer fined $4.75m

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
ACBF Funeral Plans has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay an additional $3.5 million penalty for misrepresenting that it was Aboriginal owned or managed when it was not. ACBF, a wholly owned subsidiary of Youpla Group (then ACBF Group), offered ...

James Mawhinney contravened law: Federal Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... 101 Group to pay a combined penalty of $30 million for misleading or deceptive advertising. In Judge Button's latest order, ASIC said it is seeking injunctions to restrain Mawhinney from advertising and fundraising through financial products, and ...

Northern Trust selected to test tokenised asset uses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... evolving field." "Recent research suggests potential economic gains in markets and cross border payments could be in the order of $19 billion per year. Project Acacia is a significant step towards realising these gains, by providing evidence on the forms ...

ASIC bans advisers for dodgy Shield Master Fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
... MWL Financial Group, which is headquartered in Melbourne. Bradley was based in the Chatswood office in Sydney. His banning order took effect from July 3. For his part, ASIC banned Isaac Jacob McQueen from providing financial services for four years. ...

Adviser receives permanent ban over 'dishonest' conduct

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... expenses, and no providing clients with information about their investments. He was previously the subject of a travel restraint order, which was extended to 1 July 2025, and ASIC continues to investigate King and his actions. King has also been permanently ...

LGT Crestone promotes investment duo

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... capital market developments to inform asset allocation decisions. Tan was also a key contributor to the Future Fund's new order investment framework, which aims to reshape long-term investment thinking in response to structural shifts in global markets. ...

ASIC targets advisers, platforms, research houses in super switching scams

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
ASIC warns it will take a deeper dive into the roles that financial advisers, superannuation platforms and research houses are playing in members being pushed into high-risk investment schemes. The corporate regulator is closely looking at the entire ...

Banned director sentenced for running financial services firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... for sizeable commissions from insurance policies the clients did not want or need but that he forced them to take out in order to access the cash. Those policies were funded via their superannuation accounts, significantly eroding their balances. He ...