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Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... 601FF of the Corporations Act states: "ASIC may, from time to time, check whether the responsible entity of a registered scheme is complying with the scheme's constitution and compliance plan and with this Act." To Walker, this should be ASIC's ...

BlackRock looks to add Bitcoin ETF to local suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... gearing up to list a Bitcoin ETF for Australian investors, according to ASIC filings. Last month, a new managed investment scheme titled 'iShares Bitcoin ETF' appeared on the ASIC Register, followed by the registration of a 'Trustee for iShares ...

Insurers design framework for dealing with mental health claims

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) is developing an industry action plan for mental health claims over the next 12 months, working with an expert panel from related fields to ensure claimants are assessed appropriately. The framework will ...

ASIC helping with law reform over Shield, First Guardian

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
ASIC chair Joe Longo has told a Senate estimates hearing that the corporate regulator is working closely with Treasury and the government on law reform in the wake of the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund collapses. Longo said high risk ...

ASIC reports 50% jump in investigations in FY25

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
ASIC has reported an increase of 50% in investigations and an almost 20% rise in new civil enforcement proceedings in the financial year 2025. In its report for the full year, ASIC highlighted a ramp up in its enforcement activity and work to address ...

Platform trustees told to improve investment governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... the capital and insurance requirements for advice businesses, the absence of a risk-based approach to managed investment scheme registration and [their] resourcing requirements, and potentially inconsistent practices by research houses and ratings agencies. ...

Australian women most likely to retire early

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... including subsidised hormone replacement therapies and the first new contraceptive pill on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme in 30 years.

Super Moves: ANZ Staff, Aware, Equip, ART, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
ANZ Staff Superannuation Scheme has appointed William Leong as head of investments, filling the vacancy left by Ruwanie Dias, who took up a role as global head of externally managed funds at QBE Insurance. Leong joins the $7 billion corporate fund from ...

Super complaints decline year-on-year: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has completed its latest update of the AFCA Datacube, which makes data on complaints publicly accessible to consumers and financial firms. The latest update provides data on complaints made within ...

Super funds must improve reporting, audits: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
Registrable superannuation entities (RSEs) must do more to ensure asset valuations in financial reports are reliable and improve disclosure of sponsorship and advertising expenses. Those are two key outcomes of an ASIC review into the financial reporting ...