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Zagga raises $65m for Sydney real estate development

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
Zagga, a real estate private credit investment manager, has secured $65 million through an oversubscribed corporate note arranged by FIIG Securities. Zagga will allocate the funds to mid-market residential development projects along Australia's ...

More than 2000 advisers at risk as deadline looms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... experienced provider pathway but their licensee is yet to notify ASIC as to whether they will take this option, the regulator noted. There are also 827 existing providers who, unless exempt, must complete specified commercial and taxation laws to continue ...

ASX suffers another outage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
The ASX has confirmed it is investigating an issue which was impacting the publication of company announcements. The outage began at 8:59am AEDT, and some annoucements were being published as of 11:22am AEDT after the ASX implemented an initial remediation ...

Former ASIC supervisor joins crypto platform as operating chief

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
Coinbase Australia has welcomed a new chief operating officer, who previously spent over a decade at ASIC. Adam Judd has been named chief operating officer, effective today, joining from CommSec where he was most recently the executive manager, product ...

ASIC suspends Newcastle advice firm's AFSL over missing key person

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
ASIC has suspended the AFSL of Focused Financial Advice (FFA) until December 19, which has operated for more than two years without a key person. FFA was established in 2003 and provides financial services around superannuation, life insurance, retirement ...

Morningstar widens private credit coverage, kicks off with Metrics

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
Morningstar will kick start ratings coverage of Australian private credit and private equity funds from next year, picking Metrics Credit Partners for its first assessment. The research house said that while the private credit ratings will be available ...

ASIC accuses ALAMMC Group directors of contempt

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... concerns were raised regarding McWilliams' provision of financial services and use of investor funds. The corporate regulator suspects that the funds may have been misappropriated, including for gambling purposes. Throughout the process, ASIC has ...

Brookfield, GIC chase $4bn acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
Brookfield and GIC Investments have made a $4 billion bid for National Storage REIT (NSR). NSR confirmed it has received a proposal from Brookfield and GIC to acquire 100% to the REIT for $2.86 cash per stapled security. The proposal is subject to a ...

ASIC invites feedback on disclosure requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... duty be disclosed as an average amount over seven years, rather than an annual sum, in fees and costs summaries. The regulator said the proposal would require a change to ASIC Corporations (Disclosure of Fees and Costs) Instrument 2019/1070 (Instrument ...

DASH reshapes leadership team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
DASH Technology Group has refreshed its senior leadership team appointing a new chief risk officer and chief operating officer ahead of its next growth spurt. The structural shift sees Terri Ho take on the role of chief risk officer, shifting from head ...