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Alexander Funds bolsters Sydney office with new hire

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025

Alexander Funds, the credit income investor, has added a second operative to its Sydney office to boost its distribution team. Oliver Carr joins as a business development associate, reporting to James Curnow, regional manager for NSW, ACT and Queensland. ...

SQM Research faces court over 'favourable' rating of Shield

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025

... said. ASIC is seeking both declarations and civil penalties from the court. SQM Research published reports in October 2021, March 2022 and October 2022, that rated the different classes of Shield as 3.75 stars, which is considered favourable. Keystone ...

ASIC cracks down on adviser CPD failures

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025

... professional development (CPD) requirements, ASIC said. The financial regulator convened multiple sitting panels between March and May 2025. The panel decided to give four financial advisers reprimands and to take no action in relation to one financial ...

Prime Super fined over tobacco exclusion claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025

... The option was closed in June. Introduced in 2019, Rainmaker Information data shows the option 6.9% in the five years to March end, ranking 20 th among super fund ESG options when the median return was 7%. Over three years, it's 21 st with a return ...

Metrics supports efforts to raise standards in private credit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025

... increasing their allocations, followed by access to quality opportunities and concerns over high fees or lack of transparency. In March 2025, Woodbridge Capital made a series of recommendations to ASIC including mandating stress-testing, liquidity buffers ...

Colonial First State, AIA agree $140m class action settlement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025

... by the Federal Court of Australia. "On 1 December 2021, CBA completed the sale of a 55% interest in CFSIL to KKR. On 15 March 2021, the Federal Court approved a scheme which provided that AIA Australia was liable for certain liabilities of CMLA as specified ...

RBA on hold but 'not as hawkish as feared'

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025

... the bank's forecast that trimmed-mean inflation will edge back above its 2-3% target band - to 3.2% over the December and March quarters. On the surface, that looks inconsistent with rate cuts - and would seemingly justify rate hikes." Despite the RBA's ...

State Street Investment Management invests in Coller Capital

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025

... Coller Capital recently closed the Credit Opportunities II fund at US$6.8 billion. Alexander Ordon joined Coller Capital in March as a director for Australia and New Zealand to support the private wealth secondaries solutions business. He spent six years ...

Number of AFSLs plateaus: Rainmaker

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025

... over the 12 months. "AFSL numbers seem to have plateaued just under 1900. The last time AFSL numbers were above 2000 was in March 2022," the report said.

Crown Wealth director banned for two years

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025

... for no service misconduct by Lighthouse Partners, one of its representatives. ASIC cancelled the AFSL of Crown Wealth in March 2024, after it was placed into voluntary administration. It was previously allowed to provide advice to retail and wholesale ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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