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ASIC takes aim at super, private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... sector. "This is assisting us to better understand current disclosure, distribution, conflicts of interest, valuation, conduct practices and use of ratings in the sector," she said. "The early indications from our surveillance report that we'll be releasing ...

Family offices stand firm on sustainable investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
Family offices say they remain committed to sustainable investments despite ongoing political and financial uncertainty, according to a survey by the Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI). Nearly all the 144 Asia Pacific family offices surveyed feature ...

Federal Court slaps Mawhinney with 15-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... relief, saying that unless he is restrained "there is an unacceptable risk" that Mawhinney will re-enter the fray and conduct, most likely through corporate vehicles, a financial services business that "adopts a financially reckless approach that exposes ...

ASIC lands special leave against Block Earner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... that the Earner product was indeed a financial product and that Block Earner engaged in unlicensed financial services conduct. On 9 July 2024, Block Earner cross-appealed the Federal Court's decision that it needed an AFSL to offer its Earner product. ...

InterPrac wants super funds' reserves to remediate Shield, First Guardian victims

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... representatives of InterPrac. Last week, ASIC added allegations against Merhi, claiming he engaged in "unconscionable conduct". In releasing its 2025 financial report recently, Crole told Sequoia Financial Group investors that "proactive action" was ...

Two CBA class action appeals dismissed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) and claimed shareholders had suffered due to CBA's alleged conduct. AUSTRAC alleged as early as 2017 that the bank contravened the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act ...

ASIC permanently bans convicted investment manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... Gabriel Jakob was banned for five years in December 2022 after being found to have engaged in "misleading and deceptive conduct" by publishing and distributing promotional materials - ASIC was, however, satisfied that Jakob and AlphaThorn's conduct ...

Former United Global Capital adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... manner he did, Petrovic provided Statements of Advice that were defective and therefore engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct. The regulator said Petrovic did not act in clients' best interests; did not provide appropriate advice; failed to prioritise ...

ASIC piles more charges on Merhi

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... ASIC has heaped more allegations against former financial adviser Ferras Merhi, claiming he engaged in "unconscionable conduct" related to the First Guardian Master Fund and Shield Master Fund that has put more than $520 million on the line. ASIC said ...

ATO bares teeth at dentists pushing early super access

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... patient. The ATO said it is now working with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) to stamp out this conduct. "Compassionate release of superannuation (CRS), administered by the ATO, is an important safety net for access to urgent ...