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Eildon recommends Samuel Terry takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
Eildon Capital Group (EDC) is urging shareholders to accept Samuel Terry Asset Management's off-market takeover bid. Eildon's independent board committee told shareholders to accept Samuel Terry's offer, which recently went up from $0.80 per security ...

3500 advisers at risk as deadline looms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... be able to provide tax (financial) advice to retail clients from next year. ASIC said some 1143 need to do this. ASIC is urging advisers to have their licensee ensure the FAR is updated on their behalf. To assist them in determining what may need updating ...

Equity Trustees slashes value of Shield investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... Save Our Super campaign, comprising victims of the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian collapses, published a petition urging the government to provide $5 million in seed capital to a trust fund, the beneficiaries of which would be the 12,000 or more ...

Investors want regulatory clarity on digital assets: Binance

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
Australian investors are urging authorities to come together to provide better protection and access to digital assets, as many are increasing their allocation to the sector, a new Binance survey found. The latest Binance Australia User Survey revealed ...

Anti-hawking exemption for advisers a 'silly carve out': SCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... to add no value to consumers, erode super balances due to exorbitant fees, and jeopardise people's life savings. SCA is urging the federal government to prohibit unfair trading practices economy-wide, including for financial services, and pushing for ...

Decade-long ban for UGC director upheld

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... year, UGC's authorised representative Global Capital Property Fund (GCPF) was found to have contacted prospective clients, urging them to establish a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) to invest in highly speculative schemes tied to Hewish. "[UGC] ...

Trump signs order to open 401(k)s to private markets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... the world. In May, the administration rescinded Department of Labor guidance issued in 2022 by the Biden administration urging plan fiduciaries to exercise "extreme care" before adding cryptocurrencies to investment menus. That warning was labelled as ...

FAAA expands specialist education programs

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) is looking to expand its Approved Specialisations Program, urging eligible education providers to sign up. The program has historically included specialisations in aged care, life risk and the Fellow ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... a head for ASIC, which has recently ramped up its policing of high-pressure sales tactics that are highly persuasive in urging members to switch super fund investments. "Our primary aim here in the enforcement work that we're taking is to preserve ...

AFCA urges adviser clarity on SMSF wholesale investor test

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) is urging financial advisers to gain clarity and better understanding on whether the wholesale investor test applies when advising SMSFs. Even if SMSF trustees have extensive investment experience ...