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Vanguard identifies strongest asset classes for coming decade

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
According to Vanguard's outlook, high-quality US fixed income, US value-oriented equities, and non-US developed markets equities will have the strongest risk-returns over the coming five to 10 years. Vanguard predicts US value-oriented equities will ...

Mulino looks to reform CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
After holding a roundtable discussion yesterday, Minister for Financial Services Daniel Mulino says all consumer-facing sub-sectors within the financial services sector, and all 23 retail-facing sub-sectors will foot the $47.3 million CSLR special levy. ...

Diversa to 'vigorously defend' ASIC allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
Diversa Trustees said it will be "vigorously defending" ASIC's allegations about the role it played in moving $300 million of member money to the failed First Guardian Master Fund, arguing the managed investment scheme was "fraudulent." ASIC has ...

ASIC takes action on Spice Capital Partners, founder

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
ASIC is taking further action against Spice Capital Partners and its founder Colin Oxlade for providing unlicensed financial services and financial product advice that ultimately raised nearly $2 million from investors. ASIC alleges that Oxlade, who ...

NAB Private Wealth, JBWere names CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
The former deputy chief investment officer of Cbus will lead NAB Private Wealth and its subsidiary JBWere as investments chief in 2026. Alexandra Campbell is the new chief investment officer for NAB Private Wealth and JBWere. The parent company has ...

ASIC sues Diversa for First Guardian failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
ASIC is suing Diversa Trustees for its role in the collapse of the First Guardian Master Fund, in which $300 million of member money was invested. In the Federal Court, ASIC put forth several allegations, starting with Diversa failing to conduct adequate ...

Datt Capital opens small cap fund to retail investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
Datt Capital has expanded access to its high conviction small cap strategy, launching the Datt Capital Small Companies Fund Class B, a retail friendly version of its previously wholesale-only fund. The original Small Companies Fund, launched in 2023 ...

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 ...

Record investment into AI forcing largest innovation buildout ever: BlackRock

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
While BlackRock acknowledges that AI may become another bubble, the firm remains overweight in its current allocations. The 2026 Global Outlook Pushing Limits report outlined the mega forces moving into the new year, as it identifies that the AI buildout ...

Shield proposes to liquidate equities to pay investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
The Shield Master Fund (SMF) is expected to make a distribution to victims by selling a large portion of its listed equities portfolio, according to liquidators Alvarez & Marsal. Keystone Asset Management, which is the responsible entity for the Shield ...