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Netwealth to spend $101m compensating First Guardian victims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... members with assurance by the end of the year that compensation would be forthcoming," he said. "We believe this is the right course of action for Netwealth and impacted members and is in line with our culture and values." In its case, the regulator ...

TAL enhances TPD offering, support for self-employed customers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... said. "The TPD Support Option recognises that recovery is rarely straightforward. Some people can return to work with the right support and treatment, while others, unfortunately, cannot. Its flexible approach helps people through their recovery journey ...

Chalmers flags pension, super spending in Budget update

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... our responsibilities to veterans and older Australians very seriously and we'll always make room in the budget to do the right thing by people and that's what we've done in the mid-year update." Treasury will also update its economic forecasts in the ...

Mulino wants PII to step up to make CSLR sustainable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... Financial Services Minister Pat Congaghan has slammed the CSLR for blowing out of proportion and therefore being unsustainable. "Right now, the CSLR is constantly running out of money, and almost a year after the government announced a post-implementation ...

ASX to undergo 'circuit breaker' reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... tactical, incremental measures or business as usual. ASIC chair Joe Longo said urgent action was needed to set ASX on the right path. "ASX needs to embrace a new era of accountability, investment, and stewardship to increase confidence, and meet the ...

ASIC suspends MW Planning AFSL over missing responsible manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... Australian Financial Complaints Authority and maintain professional indemnity insurance cover, ASIC said. MW Planning has the right to apply to the Administrative Review Tribunal for a review. MWL Financial Services had its AFSL cancelled in August ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... less than 15%, with private credit expanding to help fill the demand with the sector itself evolving. "If you think back to right after the Global Financial Crisis, when the growth really started to take off, middle-market direct lending offered generally ...

Mulino looks to reform CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... Australians, particularly for those seeking retirement advice, if we drive out compliant financial advisers who are doing the right thing, by forcing them to pay for the misbehaviour of a small number of bad actors." However, Abood did welcome the government's ...

ASIC class relief for digital assets now effective

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
ASIC has successfully introduced two instruments on the Federal Register of Legislation relating to reliefs for secondary distribution of eligible digital assets and the omnibus account structures for those that are classified as financial products. ...

Ontario Teachers' sells majority stake in Sydney desalination plant

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) has sold its 60% stake in the Sydney Desalination Plant (SDP) to Utilities Trust of Australia (UTA). The asset has been co-owned by the two firms since 2012, with UTA previously owning 40% of SDP and acquiring ...