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ASIC halts Remara's private credit products for TMD deficiencies

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
... guaranteed product, ASIC said, and there is no guarantee of the investment result, return or the amount payable to the consumer. ASIC said the fund's TMD suggested inappropriate levels of portfolio allocation as a "major component" of up to 75% and a ...

Mulino opens CSLR special levy consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
Treasury has commenced a targeted consultation on the distributions of the 2026-27 special levy for the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). This comes after the CSLR operator announced in July that the estimated claim costs for 2026-27 were $190.3 ...

Magellan shuts down Vinva global equity retail funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2026
... ETF (ASX: MGOC) and Magellan Global Fund Hedged investment strategy. In the same month, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) also greenlit the merger between Magellan Financial Group (MFG) and Barrenjoey Capital Partners, in a deal ...

MA Financial launches $500m fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... and macroeconomic tailwinds supporting Australian retail real estate, including population-led demand growth, resilient consumer expenditure, severely constrained supply and lower retail floorspace relative to global peers. "This is driving both rental ...

AI moves into the advice process

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
Financial advisers could soon spend less time piecing together clients' histories and more time acting on them, as Marloo launches an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that searches entire client books alongside new research showing consumers are increasingly ...

Fed's rate hike exacerbates Australia's outlook

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... economy. "The US economy also remains resilient. August employment increased by 162,000, unemployment is around 4.1%, and consumer and business spending remains reasonably strong," he said. "This data gives the Fed scope to tighten without immediately ...

Australian life insurers lag global peers: Capgemini

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... carriers - have set a clear standard. They also achieve 41% higher revenue growth and 12% lower lapse rates by combining consumer-led strategies with intelligence-powered operations. In practice, they distinguish themselves against mainstream peers by ...

FEATURE | Digital advice | Interlocking the pieces

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
Amid a rapidly evolving regulatory space, and the need to keep pace with innovation, financial advice has been thrown into a dynamic environment that's always changing. As a result, the sector requires constant support to remain compliant and keep ...

Tribunal affirms InterPrac, FSGA adviser bans

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
The Administrative Review Tribunal has affirmed ASIC's decisions to ban two former financial advisers from InterPrac Financial Planning and Financial Services Group Australia (FSGA) who were involved in the Shield and First Guardian master funds ...

EQT ramps up investments on Asia-Pacific mid-market plays

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
EQT has launched an evergreen private markets strategy focused on Asia Pacific, giving eligible individual and institutional investors access to the investment manager's regional private equity platform through a single vehicle. EQT Nexus Asia will ...