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ASIC issues interim stop orders to RELI Capital

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... is to protect consumers and retail investors from acquiring a product not suitable for their financial objectives. Its action follows concern that the target market in the target market determination (TMD) for the fund includes investors who intend to ...

ASIC sets sights on 140 advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... there are 140 individuals that we are in the process of looking at," Court said. "Twenty of those have already had court action, 50 of them are current investigations, and 70 more we have got on the list." Court said the decision to ban advisers and ...

Retirement expectations of young Australians surge

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
Vanguard's third annual How Australia Retires report offers thorough insights into how Australians are planning for their retirement. Surveying 1800 Australians aged 18 and above, the findings indicate critical disparities in financial literacy ...

Australian investors undeterred by global market turbulence

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... when people have access to the right education, paired with a user-friendly platform, empowering them to directly take action and make informed decisions about their wealth." Managing director of Fidelity Australia, Simon Glazier added: "The results ...

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 ...

360 Capital receives takeover offer from TT Investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... offer is fair and reasonable to its shareholders. The independent board committee has also advised shareholders to "take no action" at this time in relation to the offer. 360 Capital Group is currently trading at $0.31 per share, with a market cap of ...

ASIC takes aim at super, private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant says that three years into the Retirement Income Covenant, things are "not where we'd hoped to be". Speaking at a FINSIA event on Friday, Constant said there is still room to improve the ways super trustees serve their ...

AMP settles class action for $120m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
AMP has settled a class action brought against N.M. Superannuation, AMP Superannuation and AMP Services, agreeing to pay $120 million. The class action was brought on behalf of superannuation clients and their beneficiaries for the period of July 2008 ...

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 ...

AMP, Perpetual, Ironbark shutter funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... the best interests of all investors to terminate the fund." Investors in the fund were told they do not need to take any action and they will receive investment proceeds as cash payments into the bank account AMP has on file, consisting of the final ...