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MA Financial locks down flagship private credit fund, shutters another

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2026
... on market sentiment." It anticipated these factors, along with press speculation regarding other private credit managers, "may lead to an increase in redemption requests in the near term." The collapse of Bathla Group was a flashpoint for the local private ...

Guaranteed income gives retirees 'licence to spend': JPMAM

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2026
... more conservatively invested drawdown strategy. "Your variable spend, the things that are going to fluctuate, the things that may grow over time, back that with a more diversified, return-oriented portfolio...it could look like a more aggressive risk-based ...

Advised cover faces claims data test

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2026
... disability. However, acceptance rates and dispute figures only tell part of the story. For advisers, the more important question may be whether a policy will provide adequate protection when a client can no longer earn an income, particularly when occupational ...

ASIC investigates potential $138m scam

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
... and compliance failures linked to MGF Capital's corporate authorised representatives. "ASIC is concerned many investors may have been exposed to significant financial losses and is examining whether appropriate governance, compliance and oversight ...

Executives prioritise protecting capital, managing macroeconomic volatility: MSCI

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
... and active allocation decisions. Corporate leaders who treat capital access and investor perception as separate priorities may be missing the degree to which investor clarity is itself a capital lever, one they can actively manage," the report showed. ...

Adviser stripped of AFSL he claimed he didn't hold

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
... complex strategic guidance. Frost has the right to apply to the Administrative Review Tribunal for a review, ASIC said. ASIC may suspend or cancel an AFS licence under section 915C of the Corporations Act 2001 where a licensee fails to comply with its ...

Regulating for culture

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2026
... Hatchman at a restaurant, where he came to excuse himself and his wife from a planned dinner on account of her illness. In May, Hinchliffe met KPMG chair Martin Sheppard in her capacity as a BHP director. Two days later, she and her husband shared a ...

ASIC stalls Sequoia bid to ditch cross guarantee deed

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
... Corporations Act 2001 for the purposes of ASIC's consideration regarding the lodgement. Section 9 of the act states ASIC "may require a person who submits a document for lodgement to produce to ASIC such other document, or to give to ASIC such information ...

ASIC bans 14th adviser from MWL

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
... returns and outperformed alternative products since 2016, despite the managed investment scheme only commenced operating from May 2021. ASIC found those statements were likely to induce clients to accept the recommendations. The ban took effect on May ...

China's comeback story has three core themes: Matthews Asia

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2026
... the recent Middle East conflict, reflecting the important need to become more "self-sufficient" at times where commodities may not be available. "In the sense that whether a country, a company, or an individual, will constantly want to be more self-sufficient ...