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Federal court slams director for 'fanciful' asset valuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
The Federal Court has disqualified Queensland-based director David Hodgson from managing corporations for five years and permanently restrained him from engaging in financial services without an Australian financial services licence (AFSL). This comes ...

National decline in retirement confidence: AMP

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... of life." Aiming to address a wide cross-section of social and community needs, the Hub will harness AMP's expertise to raise awareness of key social issues and opportunities, as well as inform policy reform to improve Australians' financial confidence ...

Concentration of private credit sector a concern: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
ASIC has released the interim report from its review into the nation's $200 billion private credit market, which it says could pose a systemic risk to many investors if a downturn were to occur. The review has so far found that while most investors ...

Equity Trustees slashes value of Shield investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... industry-based funding solution that is fairer than the CSLR." The campaign is proposing a superannuation levy that would raise $800 million annually; "... funds should contribute to a universal protection mechanism ensuring no member is left destitute ...

Aura Group explores ASX listing, appoints advisers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... Paganin and BTP Law will provide legal counsel, and Crowe will advise on audit and tax as Aura undertakes a pre-IPO capital raise to add to existing balance sheet capacity. It will seed new funds and warehouse assets for new strategies, accelerate client ...

Greece launches new innovation, infrastructure fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... evolution into a sovereign wealth fund. The development of the fund has been in the works for some time, with Greece looking to raise €5 billion as part of its economic recovery plan. BlackRock Financial Markets Advisory was appointed in 2023 to advise ...

Former staffer sues ASX, Lofthouse over bullying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
ASX chief executive Helen Lofthouse is being sued by the former ASX head of trading technology Jamie Halstead, accusing Lofthouse of bullying. Halstead has also alleged the ASX failed to provide adequate resources for major projects, including the embattled ...

Insurers' approaches reinforcing mental health stigma: Life CCC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
The Life Insurance Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has found many insurers are still using blanket mental health exclusions despite being required to assess customers' individual circumstances. Releasing its report on life insurers' compliance ...

ANZ fined $240m for bond trading, retail misconduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
ANZ has copped a whopping $240 million fine for bank-wide "unconscionable conduct" that includes admitting it was guilty of misleading the government over the $14 billion bond scandal. The misconduct relates to five separate matters spanning the retail ...

Australia's top allocators to share insights at InDay

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
Some of the biggest names in funds management, superannuation and philanthropy will come together on Tuesday, September 23 for the annual Family Office and Manager InDay. InDay is the foundation's annual manager and family office showcase - a curated ...