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ASIC loses appeal against Finder Wallet

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... regime to products involving crypto assets." ASIC said it is carefully considering the decision and its implications. In response, Finder chief executive and founder Frank Restuccia said the outcome reaffirms the company's compliance framework. "We ...

Macquarie suffers first strike on pay package

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... issue might tell us about the organisation's culture," Stevens said in his address. "This was the approach adopted in response to the licence conditions imposed earlier this year by ASIC on Macquarie Bank. There were remuneration impacts for several ...

Investments, advice complaints jump 18%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
Investments and financial advice complaints jumped 18% in the 2025 financial year, thanks to the failures of United Global Capital, Shield Master Fund, First Guardian Master Fund and Brite Advisors. This is according to the Australian Financial Complaints ...

ASIC sues Fortnum Private Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025
... incident". Fortnum introduced a specific cybersecurity policy from April 2021. ASIC said that the policy was not an adequate response to manage cybersecurity risk. Between 2021 and 2022, ASIC found RedThorn, one of Fortnum's practices, being subject ...

ASIC fines advice groups over unregistered advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... also noted that the court could impose a fine of $62,600 for each offence, and said it considered the licensees' response in deciding its enforcement approach. Smart Financial Capital is the AFSL of Smart Financial, which has offices in Warilla and ...

Padua Solutions buys up data provider

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
... significantly enhance our offering and our ability to support our clients' growth and success," Esler said. "The strong response to our capital raise reflects confidence in our strategic vision, and we look forward to announcing additional acquisitions ...

Instos committed to ESG despite lower advocacy: BNP Paribas

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
The BNP Paribas ESG Survey 2025 found most institutional investors remain committed to sustainable investing, while also moving towards more specific ESG-related investment themes to ensure both return and impact. The survey revealed that while there ...

Mercer SmartPath returns exceed 12%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... outcome for the financial year. This should give members confidence as we manage the challenges to come," he said. "In response to the evolving economic outlook, we moderately reduced our exposure to equities to manage short-term fluctuations. We remained ...

Trade war could have positive impact on Aussie GDP: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... report also found imposing retaliatory tariffs would lead to worse economic outcomes for Australia, and that our best response would be to continue to remove existing tariffs. The government has already taken action to remove 457 nuisance tariffs, and ...

CSLR releases revised levy estimate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... this problem," Abood said. "We are keen to see the release of the Treasury report into the CSLR and the government's response. The problems will rapidly get substantially worse if urgent action is not taken, putting the ongoing existence of the scheme ...