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AMP launches new series of funds

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
In collaboration with Dimensional Fund Advisors (Dimensional) and SouthPeak Investment Management (SouthPeak), AMP has launched a new suite of investment solutions. Designed to equip investors with access to differentiated strategies, the Constructor ...

APAC investors push for 24-hour trading in US markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
A new whitepaper by DTCC explores the implications of US markets switching to a 24x5 trading schedule, allowing investors to trade 24 hours a day, five days a week. The paper said global demand, especially from APAC investors, and regulatory permissibility ...

Preparing earlier boosts average super balance by over $250k: Brighter Super

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... close this gap, Brighter Super is simplifying retirement options and expanding its advice services, including a new advice fee structure, expected to reduce the average cost of retirement advice by nearly 50%, with fees payable directly from members' ...

Morningstar moves to pay-for-play model

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... issuer-initiated ratings in Australia starting June 2026, under which fund managers and financial product issuers will pay a fee to the research house for a rating. Morningstar said this is consistent with the prevailing market practices for ratings ...

Benchmark report reveals crucial blind spots in whistleblower protections

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
In a report published today, ASIC has outlined several key trends among companies' whistleblower policies, and where they need to improve. Insights from the ASIC Whistleblower Questionnaire: July 2024 to June 2025 (REP 827) - which studied 134 companies ...

ASIC allows more forms to be lodged via email

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
As part of its regulatory simplification strategy, ASIC is making it possible to lodge 35 'paper-only' documents by email, including forms related to changes to responsible entities and managed investment schemes. The regulator said the move is designed ...

ASIC eyeing advisers recommending private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... November. In it, the regulator identified its main concerns in the private credit sector, including the use of terminology, fee and interest disclosures and valuations. On terminology Kirkland said there were "market-wide inconsistencies" that make it ...

ASIC strengthens codes of conduct guidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
ASIC has refreshed its regulatory guidance on codes of conduct for the financial services sector, saying that they have an important role in how financial products and services are regulated. ASIC has updated Regulatory Guide 183 Codes of conduct for ...

First Sentier adds second active ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... Performance fees also apply, with 15% of the fund's outperformance plus a hurdle rate of 0.75% p.a. charged, and a maximum fee of 2.5 times the hurdle rate (being 0.75% p.a.) applied, it said. It follows First Sentier Investors' listing of its first ...

Fidelity launches research-driven global equities fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
... best stock picks. The fund is a repurposing of the Fidelity Global Demographics Fund, with a revised investment strategy and fee structure to align with a lower-cost, research-driven investment approach aimed at supporting the fund's long-term objectives. ...