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Another industry body urges Division 296 reconsideration

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... they've been earned or realised," Chen said. "This measure would tax unrealised gains, which will create serious cashflow issues for taxpayers, especially for small business owners and farmers who hold illiquid assets like real property in their ...

Insurers' approaches reinforcing mental health stigma: Life CCC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... and the outcomes of these cases, which in turn limit insurers' ability to evaluate their practices, identify systemic issues, and improve. "Better data is critical to gaining meaningful insights. And these insights can inform practices that deliver ...

ANZ fined $240m for bond trading, retail misconduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... practices and forcing it to increase its capital add-on to $750 million. ASIC chair Joe Longo slammed the bank for "fundamental issues" in its risk and compliance culture that "require the board's and executives' urgent attention". "In the bond ...

ASIC takes aim at super, private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... next phase of its member services work will test how trustees are using complaints data to identify and address systemic issues. "This review is a useful reminder to all our regulated entities that complaints data is a valuable tool to identify and address ...

Family offices stand firm on sustainable investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... sustainable opportunities. Many are strongly committed to impact investing and want their money to contribute to solving issues, while other family offices said they want to maximise or support entrepreneurs. Alternatives continue to prominently feature ...

Equity Trustees defies ASIC Shield Master Fund allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... assessing the new Shield Master Fund and whether it should be added to the wrap platform. The analyst communicated several issues to management in an email, stating that the fund had no track record or assets under management but still managed to outperform ...

BlackRock nabs $122bn Citi mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... fund PFZW cease investing in equity funds it managed in part because of concerns over its voting record on sustainability issues. That mandate is reported to have been worth $25 billion (€14bn). It was part of the pension fund's overhaul of its ...

ASIC, APRA outline regulatory reform opportunities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... in discussions with Treasury around potential changes to the reportable situations regime. We are doing more work on the issues around substantial shareholding notices and will engage with Treasury on this as appropriate. "Other law reform ideas that ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... Figure 1). "But the wheels of change have started to turn in earnest," he said in a recent report studying the existential issues affecting global asset managers. Rajan writes that at the heart of these technologies are conversational machine-learning ...

Binance names head of APAC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... and relevant regulation. While at Crypto.com, Seker led global product development and handled the legal and regulatory issues for APAC and the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) regions. "With his strong background in financial services ...