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Ironbark brings businesses under one national banner

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... Group. The parent company will operate sub-brands that include Ironbark Advice, Ironbark Private Wealth and Ironbark Investment Solutions. Ironbark Advice encompasses businesses like Invest Blue, JSA Group, CBS Financial, Ironbark Private Wealth includes ...

Challenger slashes offer price for Pepper Money

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... is successful, Challenger will hold no more than 25% of the total Pepper Money shares. Challenger had then said an investment in Pepper Money will provide it with strategic, long-term rights to access fixed income assets to support growth and returns. ...

Influx of data weighing on legacy systems

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... "In general, I think the challenges are not insurmountable. It's just that we have to be deliberately putting the investment into one architecture's singular ownership and data standardisation, and that's what we are looking at doing at Macquarie." ...

ASIC considers changes to net asset requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... on options for increasing the net tangible assets (NTA) requirement for responsible entities of registered managed investment schemes. In addition, ASIC is looking at increasing the NTA requirements that apply to other fund operators, such as operators ...

ETFs grow in popularity for SMSF investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... SMSFs include multiple ETFs and a range of blue-chip stocks, whereas self-directed investors typically held two listed investment companies and two ETFs, or focused on particular themes, like gold with positions in the likes of Northern Star Resources. ...

Treasury proposes advice education standard reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... the profession." "It is unattractive to school leavers due to the restrictive career path and requires a significant investment in study for career changers. Over the past year, several Higher Education Providers have discontinued financial advice courses ...

Active equity managers underwhelm in 2025: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
While 2025 was ripe for stock picking and active fund managers thanks to dispersion widening, according to the latest SPIVA Scorecard, the majority still failed to beat the benchmark. Australian active managers' performance in 2025 proved to be "underwhelming," ...

L1 Group eyes golden returns with new LIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... investors to apply for up to 500,000,000 shares at a price of $2 per share. It expects to commence trading of the listed investment company (LIC) on the ASX on April 24. The investment manager said the LIC will provide investors with exposure to an actively ...

Index managed portfolios still most popular among advisers: North

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2026
... design and management Stuart Eliot said even with much of the discussions on private markets in managed portfolios, the investment flows on the North platform have been skewed to the other end of the spectrum towards index managed portfolios. However ...

ASIC warns Gen Z against chasing unrealistic crypto gains

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2026
ASIC has warned younger Australians that cryptocurrency and the like could be setting them up for failure, setting unrealistic expectations on returns, price volatility and long-term investing. A national survey conducted by YouGov found around one ...