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Binance, Franklin Templeton in digital asset partnership

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
Binance and Franklin Templeton have collaborated to accelerate the adoption of digital asset securities. Binance hopes to combine its global trading infrastructure and investor reach with Franklin Templeton's expertise in tokenisation of securities. ...

Coalition's super for housing policy 'unlikely to continue': Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg has confirmed the Coalition's controversial super for housing policy is under review. "I'm open minded as to whether there's a way it can be re-cut, but as it stands, it's unlikely to continue as our ...

AMP, Perpetual, Ironbark shutter funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
AMP, Perpetual and Ironbark have all announced they will be shuttering funds as they lack viability. AMP said it made the decision to terminate the AMP Capital Equity Fund (AMP Equity Fund), effective August 29. "The fund's small and reducing size may ...

Family offices stand firm on sustainable investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
Family offices say they remain committed to sustainable investments despite ongoing political and financial uncertainty, according to a survey by the Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI). Nearly all the 144 Asia Pacific family offices surveyed feature ...

Federal Court slaps Mawhinney with 15-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
Mayfair 101 Group director James Mawhinney has been banned from receiving or soliciting funds related to financial products for 15 years after the Federal Court determined he had a "cavalier attitude to compliance" and was "reckless" in operating his ...

ASIC lands special leave against Block Earner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
ASIC is persevering in its crusade against Block Earner with the Federal Court granting a special leave to appeal an April decision that found that an AFSL was not necessary to offer a fixed-yield digital asset-related product. ASIC said its appeal ...

Equity Trustees defies ASIC Shield Master Fund allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
Equity Trustees (EQT) vows to defend itself against ASIC's lawsuit alleging it failed superannuation trustee duties over the collapse of the Shield Master Fund, as details emerge of how one of its analysts red flagged the product but was allegedly ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
Financial services firms stand at a pivotal juncture. Those in one camp, with their heads buried in the sand, can no longer ignore the fact that artificial intelligence (AI), particularly its sidekick generative AI (GenAI), is everywhere. The other ...

Australian economy 'stronger than expected'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
Australian gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.6% in the June quarter and was up 1.8% compared to a year ago, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Commonwealth Bank head of Australian economics Belinda Allen said ...

Schroder urges 'open dialogue' with government

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
AustralianSuper chief executive Paul Schroder has warned that while superannuation funds may have the capital to invest in future infrastructure projects, the government should bear the risks. Speaking at the National Press Club, Schroder said the potential ...