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RM Capital, SMSF Club to pay $925k over conflicted remuneration

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... has the potential to cause consumers to be given financial product advice that is weighted to the provider's interests and may not suit consumers' needs." The court has ordered RM Capital and SMSF Club to provide ASIC with a written report within six ...

Macquarie Securities to pay $35m for misleading data reporting

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... be between 298 million and 1.5 billion short sales. ASIC lodged civil proceedings against MSAL in the NSW Supreme Court in May. MSAL has also admitted to incorrectly reporting regulatory data for more than 633,000 orders submitted to the market operator ...

Drummond Capital broadens access to private markets offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... retirement income. The Drummond Private Markets Separately Managed Account (SMA) was launched on the BT Panorama platform in May 2024, offering high-net-worth (HNW) clients access to a portfolio of private equity, private debt, and real assets. The launch ...

Most read in 2025: Financial advice

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... hoodwinking five individuals out of over $160,000 from their self-managed super funds. 9. Escala poised to overhaul strategy In May, people familiar with the matter said two senior Escala executives, including co-chief executive Pep Perry, were to leave ...

Digital asset firm names investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
Vector Capital Management has created a new chief investment role as it continues its push to bridge traditional and digital finance for high-net-worth and institutional clients. The Melbourne-based digital asset specialist has appointed William Fong ...

Netwealth to spend $101m compensating First Guardian victims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... investment options. Documents show Netwealth relied on reports from SQM Research and, while there were indications the options may not be suitable, added it to the investment menu with a 100% investment limit and with no information displayed as to the ...

Perpetual extends exclusive talks for wealth management sale

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... acquire all of Insignia Financial's shares at $4 per share in cash. Insignia rejected Bain Capital's proposal. In May, Bain Capital decided to back out of the bidding war against CC Capital before Insignia accepted CC Capital's offer in July ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... risk," Docherty continued in his statement. "For asset managers, particularly in the US, retreating from climate stewardship may once have felt like the path of least resistance, offering short-term relief from political and commercial pressure. Increasingly ...

ASIC welcomes support for simplifying guidance on conflicts of interest

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... information. ASIC also recommends related entities to take a proportionate and risk-based approach to their obligations and may assess their compliance with industry standards or practices if necessary. "Specifically, we will take industry standards ...

Three megatrends to watch in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... continue into the new year, along with growing investment into AI. He said tech stocks showed more resilience than markets may have anticipated at the beginning of the year, and investors will be watching to see if an AI bubble forms or continues from ...