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Activist investor hires distribution lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... investor base," said Sandon Capital founder and chief executive Gabriel Radzyminski. Before joining Morgan Stanley in October last year, Dorney served as executive director at MSCI, a director at asset manager BlackRock and worked with the credit analysis ...

Fees for no service see former adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... director, shareholder and adviser at Lighthouse Partners in Redcliffe, Queensland. ASIC alleges that between January 2022 and October 2023 Lighthouse Partners engaged in fees for no service conduct in relation to 14 clients. While she was on leave for ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... are very concerned about that, and we are investigating [as ASIC has previously flagged at a parliamentary hearing last October]... We are certainly investigating Macquarie and Equity Trustees and considering what options ASIC has available to them to ...

Banned director sentenced for running financial services firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... he was found to be continuing to run one firm, Financial Circle. At the time, he was charged with four offences, but in October 2022 pleaded guilty to one rolled-up count of managing a corporation while disqualified. He was convicted in 2023 and fined ...

APRA expects 'no cutting corners' with CPS230

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
... institutions (SFI) takes effect today, non-SFIs have another 12 months to meet the business continuity and scenario analysis. By October 1, SFIs must provide APRA their material service provider register (MSP). Linda Elkins, KPMG Australia's national ...

Betashares gearing up to expand Wealth Builder product suite

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... assets. A third fund, the Betashares Wealth Builder Nasdaq 100 Geared (30-40% LVR) Complex ETF (ASX: GNDQ) was launched in October last year. GNDQ has returned 13.49% since inception versus the Nasdaq 100 (AUD)'s 10.71% and reeled in $36.2 million in ...

Inflation continues to drop, calls for RBA cut grow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... in April. "The 2.1% annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation in May was down from 2.4% in April and the lowest since October 2024," ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt said. "Annual trimmed mean inflation was 2.4% in May 2025, down from ...

DASH undertakes fresh capital raise

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... under advice, which is significantly more than the $10.6 billion it had when Bailador last topped up its investment in October last year. The platform has recently partnered with S64 to broaden private market investments channels for financial advisers ...

ART makes sweeping changes to corporate super plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... The maximum cover level has also increased to $5 million. In addition, income protection cover will be recalculated each October 1; this previously occurred on July 1. ART added there would be changes to the definition of TPD to include cognitive impairment ...

Acenda Group assembles board of directors

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... and chief executive Rodney Cook will join as independent non-executive director of Resolution Life Australasia in late October. Both MLC and Resolution Life Australasia boards will operate as subsidiaries of the Acenda Group upon completion.