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ASIC seeks compensation for Shield victims from EQT

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
ASIC has updated its Statement of Claim in the proceedings against Equity Trustees (EQT) to include a claim for compensation for losses incurred by members of the AMG Super and Super Simplifier platforms who invested in Shield Master Fund. This is in ...

ASIC helping with law reform over Shield, First Guardian

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
ASIC chair Joe Longo has told a Senate estimates hearing that the corporate regulator is working closely with Treasury and the government on law reform in the wake of the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund collapses. Longo said high risk ...

ASIC cancels CPG Research & Advisory's AFSL

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
ASIC has cancelled CPG Research & Advisory's AFSL, which is linked to the now-defunct Linchpin Capital, effective October 7. The cancellation comes after CPG ceased to carry on a financial services business and failed to pay industry funding levies ...

ASIC slams licensees' lax offshoring governance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... monitor and audit their arrangements thus putting their processes and business at risk, a new ASIC investigation reveals. ASIC's review of 10 financial advice licensees with more than 300 representatives using OSPs over the last two years found that ...

ETF market hits $300bn milestone early

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... exciting to support these issuers as they come to market and contribute to a more dynamic and diversified capital landscape." ASIC recently approved Cboe's listing application, in a move to bolster competition in public markets. "We're pleased to have ...

ASIC bans another former Lighthouse Partners director

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... subsequently banned for three years for failing to recognise the seriousness of fees for no service conduct, committed by Roper. ASIC said between January 2022 and October 2023 Lighthouse Partners engaged in fees for no service conduct for 14 clients. ...

Netwealth separates itself from First Guardian: 'A case of fraud'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
Netwealth has continued to separate itself from the collapse of First Guardian, saying it was a "case of fraud". In its September quarterly business update, Netwealth said it was working cooperatively with industry bodies and regulators in relation ...

ASIC reports 50% jump in investigations in FY25

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
ASIC has reported an increase of 50% in investigations and an almost 20% rise in new civil enforcement proceedings in the financial year 2025. In its report for the full year, ASIC highlighted a ramp up in its enforcement activity and work to address ...

La Trobe appoints new liquidity chief

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... next phase of growth." This comes after La Trobe had three stop orders imposed on it by the corporate regulator last month. ASIC withdrew restrictions for the 12 Month and 2 Year Accounts of the La Trobe Australian Credit Fund in late September, and ...

ASIC raises alarm on auditor independence, conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... even partial performance of officeholder duties may still constitute a prohibited relationship and threaten independence," ASIC said. Report 817 Building trust: Auditor compliance with independence and conflict of interest obligations names the firms ...