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ASIC piles more charges on Merhi

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
ASIC has heaped more allegations against former financial adviser Ferras Merhi, claiming he engaged in "unconscionable conduct" related to the First Guardian Master Fund and Shield Master Fund that has put more than $520 million on the line. ASIC said ...

Real estate private credit market tips towards $153bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
Although it faces headwinds in part of Asia Pacific, the real estate private credit market is performing strongly, with the local market expected to almost double by 2028. According to The Rising Tide of Asia Pacific Real Estate Private Credit report ...

FS Power50 shortlist revealed, voting opens

STAFF WRITER  |  SATURDAY, 30 AUG 2025
Voting for Australia's most influential financial advisers in the 2025 Financial Standard Power50 is now open. The shortlist of 120 financial advisers who have progressed to the voting stage after receiving more than 200 nominations has been revealed. ...

Government scraps inquiry into advice firm failures, Dixon Advisory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
The government has dumped the inquiry into wealth management companies that would have dissected the collapse of firms like Dixon Advisory and the impact on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). In September 2024, the government referred the ...

Shield-linked advice firm director, compliance manager banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
... the Shield Master Fund. MWL recommended Shield to more than 750 clients who then collectively invested about $155 million, ASIC said. This was done via a "low cost advice project" the firm ran between September 2021 and February 2024, receiving referrals ...

ASIC proposes 'kill switches' for unusual trading

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
ASIC is consulting on proposed changes to modernise market integrity rules (MIRs) governing participants' trading systems and automated trading. ASIC said the proposed changes aim to keep pace with continued developments in technology, including artificial ...

ASIC flags firm grip on private and public markets, super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
ASIC is targeting the perfect storm of declining public market listings, booming private markets and the growing influence of superannuation funds as key enforcement priorities over the next four years, insisting that it is not sitting on the sidelines. ...

Equity Trustees sued over Shield Master Fund failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
Equity Trustees will face court over its alleged due diligence failures concerning the Shield Master Fund. ASIC flagged that as a superannuation trustee, Equity Trustees oversaw the investment of around $160 million of retirement savings into Shield ...

AustralianSuper executive joins SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
A former AustralianSuper executive has joined the Super Members Council (SMC) to strengthen its policy development for the superannuation sector. Nick Coates has commenced in the role of executive general manager policy reform and regulation. He was ...

Super funds should prompt members on death benefits: SCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... process all over again." SCA said that while its research revealed 36% of Australians have not made a binding nomination, ASIC report 808 - which was released in February - suggests that only 12% of members have a binding nomination. "While the sample ...