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New ACCC chief named

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has appointed Sarah Proudfoot as chief executive. Despite also conducting an external search, Proudfoot started with the ACCC in 2005 when she joined the agency's Infocentre. She has since held ...

ASIC cancels licence of Brite Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Brite Advisors after the now-defunct investment and pension firm failed to compensate a client, triggering a payout under the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). The regulator cancelled ...

Private capital, active ETFs to continue shake up of financial services: Deloitte

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 28 APR 2025

Private capital, active ETFs and tokenisation are set to take the financial services sector by storm over the next three to five years, Deloitte predicts. Deloitte's 2025 Financial Services Industry Predictions report lays out six major forces that ...

ASIC loses Block Earner case

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025

The Federal Court has vindicated Block Earner by overturning a decision that it needed an AFSL to offer its Earner product and dismissing ASIC's appeal to impose penalties on the digital asset platform. Justices O'Callaghan, Abraham and Button ...

AOF asset settlement delayed, on track for June delisting

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025

The Australian Unity Office Fund (AOF) has delayed the settlement of its Brisbane asset to August but insists that it is on track to shutter its doors before June. The settlement of 150 Charlotte Street, Brisbane was originally set to settle in late ...

Shield Master Fund terminated, new receivers for Keystone Asset Management

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025

The Shield Master Fund (SMF) has been terminated while its responsible entity Keystone Asset Management (KAM) has been appointed a new receiver and administrator. The troubled SMF was terminated on April 10 after the new receiver, Alvarez & Marsal ...

GSFM, Munro branch out to New Zealand

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 14 APR 2025

GSFM affiliate Munro Partners' Global Growth Climate Leaders Fund has entered the New Zealand market. The fund, which was spawned from the Munro Climate Change Leaders Fund, has been set up as a portfolio investment entity (PIE) for Kiwi wholesale ...

Falcon Capital, First Guardian fund to be wound up

MATTHEW WAI | FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025

Following the order to freeze the assets of the First Guardian Master Fund and its responsible entity Falcon Capital last month, the Federal Court has ordered both the fund and the entity to be wound up. In response to a petition by ASIC, the court ...

Three AFS licensees pinged over compliance breaches

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025

Three AFS licensees - Australian Advice Network, IA Advice, and Sherrin Partners Services - have copped infringement notices from ASIC after their financial advisers provided personal advice while unregistered. Each licensee paid a $31,300 penalty in ...

GQG rejigs allocations amid tariff pain

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025

GQG has slashed its consumer discretionary and information technology holdings as it repositions for the "extraordinary market volatility" after US tariffs were rolled out last week. GQG said it continues to reposition portfolios with "the aim of achieving ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Apostle Funds Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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Since becoming chief executive, Blake Briggs has renewed the Financial Services Council's influence, expanded the membership base, and strengthened its policy and advocacy credentials. Karren Vergara writes.

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