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ASIC strengthens codes of conduct guidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
ASIC has refreshed its regulatory guidance on codes of conduct for the financial services sector, saying that they have an important role in how financial products and services are regulated. ASIC has updated Regulatory Guide 183 Codes of conduct for ...

Life insurers to up external fund manager mandates: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... third-party asset managers across APAC is set to accelerate as insurers become increasingly comfortable with the practice and seek specialised expertise for complex private market investments," Clearwater Analytics chief strategy officer and president ...

Super funds most relied upon for advice: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
Australians continue to seek advice from their super funds but struggle to know exactly when they can retire, an MFS Investment Management survey found. The 2025 MFS Global Retirement Survey - studying some 1000 participants across Australia, Canada ...

Fidelity launches research-driven global equities fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
... value," Glazier said. The fund will be managed by three portfolio managers, Matt Jones, Hiten Savani and Daniel Swift and will seek consistency and repeatability of the investment outcomes. It will apply qualitative judgment of the manager to ensure ...

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 ...

ASIC accuses ALAMMC Group directors of contempt

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
ASIC said that a husband and wife who misappropriated investor funds from their property development scheme operating under ALAMMC Group are guilty of contempt for allegedly, among other things, transferring more than $500,000 from their frozen accounts. ...

New funds distribution firm launches

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
Australian funds distribution firm Continental Funds Group (Continental) has announced its formal launch to the domestic wholesale and institutional investment market. Led by founder and managing director Angus Coote and three experienced distribution ...

Government cracks down on financial abuse via coerced directorships

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
The government has opened consultation to combat financial abuse in families perpetrated through coerced directorships. The consultation paper by the Treasury noted that financial abusers can exploit loopholes in tax and corporate systems, weaponising ...

Sequoia shares dive nearly 50%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
Sequoia Financial Group's share price has dived nearly 50% since the start of the year, compounded by ASIC's recent lawsuit against subsidiary InterPrac Financial Planning, which has wiped millions from its market cap. Sequoia's share price ...

Entireti partners with Striver to shore up talent

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
Entireti has partnered with specialist wealth management and talent development platform Striver to launch a program that supports the next generation of financial advisers. The initiative will streamline high quality graduates and job seekers into ...