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Digital asset firm names investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
Vector Capital Management has created a new chief investment role as it continues its push to bridge traditional and digital finance for high-net-worth and institutional clients. The Melbourne-based digital asset specialist has appointed William Fong ...

Netwealth to spend $101m compensating First Guardian victims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... onboarding and monitoring of platform investment options, is critical to safeguard the interests of members. APRA will maintain a strong focus on investment governance, particularly in the platform segment, throughout 2026," APRA deputy chair Margaret ...

Natixis, Generali call off $3.2tn joint venture talks

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... combined fund managers would have had a major presence in Europe with €4.1 billion ($8.2bn) in revenues. "Both groups maintain their commitment to the development of a thriving financial industry with globally competitive European champions contributing ...

TAL enhances TPD offering, support for self-employed customers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
TAL has introduced a new total and permanent disability (TPD) support option to its flagship retail product and implemented additional support for self-employed customers around income protection. The integrations follow TAL's partnership with SANE ...

Mulino wants PII to step up to make CSLR sustainable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... policies. To further strengthen regulatory settings, stakeholders want ASIC to exercise its powers to require licensees to maintain PII for the same length of time as they are required to maintain (Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) membership ...

ASX to undergo 'circuit breaker' reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
The ASX has agreed to a package of reforms aimed at strengthening confidence in Australia's critical market infrastructure, providing certainty about the market operator's reset, and responding to the Interim Report released today by the panel of the ...

ASIC suspends MW Planning AFSL over missing responsible manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... failures. During the suspension period, MW Planning must remain a member of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority and maintain professional indemnity insurance cover, ASIC said. MW Planning has the right to apply to the Administrative Review ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... trillion market opportunity over the next few years alone," Perry explains. He says direct lending allows lenders to maintain seniority in the capital structure, allowing them to be the first to be repaid in the event of problems with the borrower. Perry ...

RBA hike may come as soon as February

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
Recent employment data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has shown the nation may be at an inflection point, highlighting the challenges the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will face in setting policy next year. Citi economists have changed ...

Aussie executive tapped for top Kiwi job

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
Morningstar's former head of alternatives has moved to New Zealand to run Clarity Funds Management. Craig Stanford has been appointed chief executive officer of the Auckland-based asset manager that runs about $8 billion on behalf of community trusts ...