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Betashares acquires InvestSense, launches Trellia Wealth Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
Betashares is acquiring managed accounts business InvestSense to create Trellia Wealth Partners out of the deal. Trellia will have about $8 billion in funds under management and will operate as a standalone business, of which Betashares will contribute ...

Platinum executives depart amid merger talks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Three executives at Platinum Asset Management have departed as the asset manager finalises its merger with L1 Capital. Platinum's head of investment Douglas Isles and head of institutional distribution Charlie Brooks have both exited the business ...

ASIC bans advisers for dodgy Shield Master Fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
Two former MWL Financial Services financial advisers who invested clients' superannuation in the Shield Master Fund have copped bans from the regulator. Matthew Simon Bradley has ceased working in financial services for eight years after ASIC found ...

Adviser receives permanent ban over 'dishonest' conduct

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
ASIC has permanently banned financial adviser Barry David King of Melbourne following several years of misusing client funds and falsifying documents. King was found to have engaged in serious misconduct, including concealing information from clients ...

Blue Owl launches fund to sophisticated investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
Alternatives fund manager Blue Owl Capital has launched a private credit fund to local investors in partnership with Koda Capital. The Blue Owl Credit Income Fund AUT is a feeder fund targeting financial advisers and their wholesale clients. This is ...

Adviser exam pass rate drops once again

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
The results of the 29 th Financial Adviser Exam have been handed down, with only 66% of candidates passing. In the June 5 exam cycle, a total of 237 people sat the exam; 75% (179) sat the exam for the first time. Eighty people (34%) have failed the ...

Fees for no service see former adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
A former financial adviser is now banned for 10 years after she was found to have knowingly charged fees for no service. Kiriley Roper was a director, shareholder and adviser at Lighthouse Partners in Redcliffe, Queensland. ASIC alleges that between ...

ASIC targets advisers, platforms, research houses in super switching scams

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... Court pointed out at a media briefing yesterday that across the value chain - from the lead generator to the financial adviser and super fund to platforms such as Macquarie and Equity Trustees - there is evidence of misconduct and the pocketing of commissions ...

Desktop Broker to deliver direct indexing via partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
Desktop Broker, part of Bell Financial Group, has partnered with direct indexing platform Briefcase to deliver direct indexing capabilities and institutional-grade ETF model portfolios to financial advisers and wholesale investors. With direct indexing ...

DASH undertakes fresh capital raise

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
DASH Technology Group is completing a new capital raising, with its valuation surging 59%. The cloud-based financial advice and investment management platform has signed a binding legal documentation with a new, undisclosed investor as part of an ongoing ...