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Shield proposes to liquidate equities to pay investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... not be available to pay those claims in any event. As for creditors, Alvarez & Marsal said the proposal "seeks to avoid a risk to the prospect of the payment of a dividend to Keystone's creditors in the liquidation of Keystone." Instead, the liquidators ...

Life insurers to up external fund manager mandates: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... "greater transparency and reporting". Executives said greater control over investment portfolios, model changes, analytics and risk factors are the third top reason. The lack of in-house expertise and a drive to cut costs were ranked as the two least ...

Tyndall Asset Management calls time

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
... yet-to-be-named affiliate under the Yarra umbrella. Yarra will provide sales and marketing, investment operations, finance and legal, risk and compliance services. Meanwhile, the Australian Share Wholesale Fund and Australian Share Income Fund will see ...

Fidelity launches research-driven global equities fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
... investment outcomes. It will apply qualitative judgment of the manager to ensure selection as the primary driver of both risk and return. "With its low correlation to standard index funds, it provides an alternative source of alpha and a compelling option ...

More than 2000 advisers at risk as deadline looms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
Just one month out from the qualification deadline, some 2326 financial advisers are still yet to meet the standard, says ASIC. As at November 20, there were 15,469 relevant providers listed on the Financial Advisers Register. Of these, 7959 hold an ...

Betashares launches new Enhanced Credit Income ETF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... fund also aims to gain popularity among investors by offering higher yields than traditional bonds, while keeping a similar risk level to hybrid securities, it said. Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said the launch of the new ETF advances the ...

ASX suffers another outage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... central bank's expectations for an operator of critical market infrastructure. The RBA pointed to recent shortcomings in risk management - particularly the December 2024 CHESS batch settlement incident - which it said highlighted that ASX must "make ...

Perpetual raises $268m to expand credit investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... the globe, we typically focus on Australian issuers given our local presence, ability to meet borrowers and manage credit risk for the portfolio." The offer will issue 243,520,781 new units comprising of units under the entitlement offer and the shortfall ...

Former ASIC supervisor joins crypto platform as operating chief

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... was most recently the executive manager, product for nearly four years. At CommSec, he led the strategy, performance and risk governance of the derivatives and margin lending portfolio, overseeing product development, profit and loss results and collateral ...

Morningstar widens private credit coverage, kicks off with Metrics

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... while private credit offers a powerful tool to achieve equity-like returns, transparency is important to allow for proper risk assessment and decision-making. "At Morningstar, historically, there's been a reticence to cover the space, given managers' ...