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ASIC calls on AFS licensees to 'step up'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a warning about share sale fraud after a spike in reports of stolen shares due to identify theft. ASIC said it has conducted an industry review and provided updated guidance for ...

Chalmers champions productivity, urges tax reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... productivity as the government's chief priority, with budget sustainability and resilience also among its key focuses but made the case that sensible progress can't be made without proper consideration of more tax reform in a speech at the National Press ...

Boutiques wield independence, specialisation over larger managers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... of 87 boutiques from the UK and Europe, conducted by the University of London's Bayes Business School in the paper The case for boutiques, highlighted several advantages they have over larger asset managers in a concentrated market. Citing IPE data ...

Firms rebuffing AFCA determinations should be named: FAAA, professional bodies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) and four other professional bodies are urging the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) to name and shame financial firms that fail to follow through on a determination as more than 60 have ...

ASIC reads the riot act to the super industry: Longo

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
ASIC chair Joe Longo has hailed the superannuation industry's $4.1 trillion war chest, which is larger than the ASX's total market capitalisation, as an impressive achievement. But for all its size and influence, Longo reinforced at the AmCham Regulator ...

Investors face headwinds in integrating physical climate risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... said many models struggle with accurately capturing the financial materiality of assets. It said this is particularly the case in regions or sectors where risks are poorly understood or underpriced. "Current market practice largely relies on climate ...

ASX offloads interest in Digital Asset

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... pleasing to be at the stage in our strategy where we can show steady progress of key deliverables. This is particularly the case for our technology modernisation program and in the way we've been engaging with our customers and stakeholders," Lofthouse ...

Telegram pump and dump schemers plead guilty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... of stocks were shared to the group nine times over a three-week period in September 2021. Each of the defendants in this case purchased some but not all the stocks they conspired to share with the public Telegram group, doing so with the intention of ...

ASIC sues Australian Unity for TMD failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... there is nothing in those responses that is inconsistent with the defined target market for the product," she said. "In this case, we believe Australian Unity's failure to review the questionnaires completed by prospective investors exposed people ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... investors to consider. "Basically, what that means is if large cap were to fall substantially, it is not necessarily the case that small caps would fall as much," he said. "And if you look at the top end of the market over in the US, you can see that ...