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Hostplus rejigs Maritime Super insurance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
Hostplus has updated its insurance terms for its Maritime Super members who joined the fund last year. Hostplus said insured Maritime members will have access to improved terms and conditions thanks to its large and growing membership base, which allows ...

Block Earner dodges massive fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
The Federal Court has absolved Block Earner from paying a penalty for trading without a financial services licence, which ASIC believes should have been $350,000. While Judge Jackman determined that while Block Earner, which invested in cryptocurrency ...

Monochrome launches Bitcoin ETF amid first-mover dispute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
Monochrome Asset Management has launched an Australian Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The ETF, which holds Bitcoin directly, is now available for trading on the Cboe Australia exchange. The Monochrome Bitcoin ETF's (CBOE: IBTC) holdings are stored ...

Broken promises leave survivors in the lurch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
More than a year on from a Treasury consultation on giving victims of child sexual abuse access to their abuser's superannuation for compensation purposes, little headway has been made. At the same time, experts say the government's proposals ...

ASIC suspends AFSL for six managed investment schemes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has suspended the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Aurora Funds Management until 20 September 2024. Aurora is the responsible entity of six registered managed investment schemes ...

Brookfield Oaktree to further democratise alternatives in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
Local investors will get access to Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions' global private credit strategy later this year, with plans to launch it as a unit trust. An infrastructure fund that's been successful in other regions will follow by early ...

GSFM to distribute new strategy in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
Investment fund distributor GSFM has partnered with Alantra Asset Management to bring its €1.3 billion listed European small and mid-cap strategy (EQMC) to Australia. The strategy will be available to institutional, wholesale, and family office investors. ...

Financial services workers eye earlier retirement

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... financial services intend to retire earlier compared to the average worker, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals. Men who work in the finance and insurance industries intend to retire at 64 years old while women plan to do ...

Wholesale investor test reform has several ramifications: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Proposed changes to the wholesale investor test potentially have sprawling ramifications for financial advisers and is something some experts say will need to be thoroughly nutted out before the government pushes any reforms over the line. Potentially ...

Advisers urgently call on Treasury to recognise degrees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Investment and financial advisers are coming together to pressure the federal government more than ever to make the profession more sustainable by being flexible in recognising more degrees, the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association (SIAA) ...