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La Trobe shuts online portal access

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
La Trobe Financial chief investment officer Chris Paton has assured investors their money is "safe" after ASIC issued interim stop orders on the 12 Month Term Account, 2 Year Account and US Private Credit Fund Class B products. In response to the orders ...

Federal court slams director for 'fanciful' asset valuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... incomprehensible that a person of such vast corporate experience, and who was involved in raising very substantial sums of money, would not seek appropriate legal advice about obtaining an AFSL when it had clearly occurred to him that one might be necessary," ...

ASIC chair calls it quits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... Master Fund scandals. The regulator estimates that First Guardian and Shield have lost more than $1 billion in investors' money. ASIC has since banned several financial advisers and frozen assets of directors, such as Ferras Merhi. "We have doubled ...

ASIC sets sights on 140 advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... been cooperating. "This is a very lucrative business, and so a lot of the individuals and businesses have made a lot of money, so they're well resourced," Longo said. "They're all lawyered up. They're not cooperating with us."

Retirement expectations of young Australians surge

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... literacy, and engaging with their super feel far more prepared for retirement," he said. "It's not just about having enough money but also about having the confidence that your lifestyle is sustainable."

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... organisations, cybercriminals were still able to slip through the cracks earlier this year, stealing member information and money from the nation's largest super fund. Super-sized risks At AustralianSuper, a total of 10 members had a combined $750,000 ...

AZ NGA forms strategic partnership with Qld advice firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... others to buy in," Brown said. "We also wanted to continue growing, particularly through M&A. We could have borrowed more money from the bank and grown alone, but we decided to bring on a strategic partner who could help us scale up and accelerate our ...

FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
As the old saying goes, 'you've got to spend money to make money.' And, as equity markets continue their strong run and global uncertainty calms, geared strategies have been making a comeback. But for those thinking a geared strategy is a good way to ...

AI adoption by investors 'grows rapidly': Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... rapidly for both personal and professional use, but it is interesting to see investors are using it to guide where their money goes," van Onselen said. "The findings highlight the role of accountants as well as the urgency of adopting digital reporting ...

Super funds break records, inactive accounts balloon

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... highest figure of $51.7 billion spread across 254,740 members. It is followed by AustralianSuper with $42.7 billion in idle money and ART with $30.6 billion. AustralianSuper has 515,390 inactive accounts while ART has 364,750. MLC Super, AMP Super and ...