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South Australian financial adviser slapped with seven-year ban

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
South Australian financial adviser Bruce Davis has been banned for seven years by ASIC. Davis, who was the sole director and responsible manager of Wise Investment Advisers, has been barred from providing financial services, controlling an entity that ...

Equity Trustees completes AET integration

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
EQT Holdings Limited (Equity Trustees) has completed the integration of Australian Executor Trustees Limited (AET). The completion was marked by the conclusion of the Transition Service Agreement that Equity Trustees had in place with Insignia Financial ...

Nuveen extends private credit fund to Australian investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
Nuveen has extended access to its private capital platform to Australian wholesale investors via the launch of the Nuveen Churchill Private Credit Income Fund. Nuveen said the fund has already secured early investment from a range of Australian wealth ...

Macquarie fined $25m over 400 fake trades

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Macquarie Bank's London Branch (MBL) $25 million (£13m) for enabling one of its employees to record over 400 fictitious trades over a 20-month period. The fictitious trades also cost MBL an estimated ...

ASX says CHESS Release 2 costs to hit $320m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
ASX shareholders have been warned that the CHESS Release 2 will cost between $270 million to $320 million. The second release has an implementation target of 2029 as the ASX continues to work towards the delivery of Release 1 by 2026. The ASX also warned ...

AustralianSuper to pay $4.2m for delayed claims handling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
AustralianSuper will compensate around 7000 beneficiaries to the sum of $4.2 million for death benefit claims that took longer than the fund's internal target handling time of four months from the date when the claim form was received. The fund ...

Australian Unity Office Fund to be wound up

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
Australian Unity Real Estate Limited (AUIREL) has told investors it will delist and wind up the Australian Unity Office Fund (AOF), as flagged in August. The proposal involved the disposal of AOF's main undertaking and the cessation of AOF's real estate ...

Cbus confirms CFMEU nominations to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
Cbus has confirmed Paddy Crumlin, Jason O'Mara and Lucy Weber have joined the board after satisfying a 'fit and proper persons test' as part of the ongoing independent review being conducted by Deloitte at the direction of APRA. The findings ...

ASX files defence against ASIC proceedings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
The ASX has provided an update on its defence against the legal proceedings filed against it by ASIC over its handling of the CHESS replacement project. The ASX filed a Concise Statement in response to the proceedings brought by ASIC in the Federal ...

HNWIs demand alternatives, platforms lack access

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
As high-net-worth (HNW) investors increasingly demand alternative assets, platforms are failing to facilitate access to these opportunities, according to Praemium. Nearly one third of HNW investors want to diversify into alternatives but their platforms ...