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Trustees lack death benefit claims uplift urgency: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
... found very little to no improvements have been made. ASIC's review of 45 trustees found varying degrees of urgency in response to its scathing review of death benefit claims handling processes released last year. While most trustees reported taking ...

Banks gaining on private credit firms in construction lending

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
... they've already been approached or audited by ASIC, and a third said their due diligence approach has already changed in response, with a further 5% planning changes within 12 months. While 43% of respondents remain moderately concerned about current ...

Former Brite Advisors responsible manager banned

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned former Brite Advisors responsible manager Gerard Duffy from providing financial services after determining it had reason to believe he was not a fit and proper person. ...

Franklin Templeton's Western AM hit with US$100m penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... managed. At the time, the SEC charged Leech with violating antifraud and other provisions of federal securities laws. In response to the order handed down ast week, Western AM did not admit to the SEC's findings, but agreed to a cease-and-desist ...

Treasury releases adverse genetic test results ban draft regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... affordable life insurance with the health and wellbeing of Australians." Stakeholders have until June 26 to submit a response.

What does a world with 'zero migration' look like?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2026
Oxford Economics has hypothesised an extreme scenario of "zero migration" globally and found while destination economies, mostly advanced, would see significant declines in output per capita, origin economies would have modest gains as retained labour ...

Dexus forced to sell stake in airports

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... of other APAC shareholders, such as the Future Fund, NSW TCorp, and Morrison-managed Utilities Trust of Australia. In response to the judgement, Dexus and the Dexus Bloc said they are "reviewing the judgment carefully to understand the court's findings ...

FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... think the world is changing from intangible assets to hard assets." While this was not a "big bet" per se, it was in response to the shifting investment landscape. "We think there is potentially elevated inflation in the future, so let's at least ...

CSLR levy must be directed towards bad actors: Burgess

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... conflicted incentives, poor product governance, weak supervision, and failures to enforce existing obligations," he said. In response to Treasury's proposal on how the CSLR applies for SMSFs, the association "strongly" rejects the denial of SMSF investors' ...

Marex Group expands structured products to HNWIs

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... engaged with distributor clients in APAC to help strategise their offerings, which include crypto-linked products, in response to recent market volatility. "That responsive, service-led engagement will be part of how we build our Australian client base," ...
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