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Prime Super picks new asset consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
Prime Super has ended its long-standing relationship with PATRIZIA, appointing a new asset consultant in its place. Frontier Advisors will take over as Prime Super's asset consultant on June 1. PATRIZIA had served as the fund's asset consultant for ...

Australians like AI, reluctant to trust it on financial decisions: Survey

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
Australians are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) in their daily lives, but most remain reluctant to trust it with decisions about their money. Research by Colonial First State (CFS) found while familiarity with AI is growing, human judgement ...

ASIC has 'strong appetite' to hold boards to account

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... former chief legal and risk officer Paula Martin breached their duties owed to Star under section 180 of the Corporations Act 2001. However, the court dismissed ASIC's case against seven former non-executive directors after finding they did not breach ...

Interprac sues AFCA over Shield determination

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
Interprac Financial Planning has commenced Federal Court proceedings against the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), believing it has not been treated fairly. Sequoia Financial Group, Interprac's parent company, said the case relates ...

Colter Bay Capital opens doors, launches private credit fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... manager. New York-based Sean Garman chairs the board. Former New South Wales premier and treasurer Nick Greiner and Kirk West act as strategic advisers, while Luke Copley serves as an adviser. "The US private credit market has taken decades to reach ...

ASIC launches beneficial ownership transparency review

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... exposures over securities in the company," the regulator said. Amending the beneficial disclosure obligations in the Corporations Act will apply to companies, registered schemes, notified foreign passport funds and other bodies, whether incorporated ...

Brisbane financial adviser appears in court on dishonesty charges

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... securities without a license warrants a maximum penalty between two and five years' imprisonment. The charges under Corporations Act could carry a maximum penalty of 15 years' imprisonment. The seven counts of dishonestly applying property of another ...

Former MWL Financial adviser banned for six years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
ASIC has banned Melbourne-based financial adviser Raluca Terheci from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business or performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial services business ...

Product showcase: Follow the leaders

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
Brought to you by Ziller Funds Management. Founder-led companies have historically outperformed - it's been established many times over through both industry and academic research. In perhaps one of the most notable examples, having observed that ...

Former adviser incurs additional charges for dishonest conduct

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... adjourned to 14 April 2026 for committal mention. The maximum penalty for each offence contrary to 1041G of the Corporations Act 2001 which occurred on or after 13 March 2019 is 15 years' imprisonment. Cuthbertson was granted conditional bail on 30 September ...