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Challenger, Iress partner for retirement income solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... navigate the complex risks Australians face in retirement. This includes unlocking the power of lifetime income as a building block of smarter, more resilient retirement strategies. "Retirement is not a single life event, it's a decades long journey ...

BlackRock expands fixed income ETF lineup

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... sub-categories. "The launch of AGGG expands BlackRock's Australian iShares fixed income lineup, delivering a core building block for Australian advisers and investors seeking global investment-grade bond exposure hedged to AUD," she said. iShares by ...

Macquarie to shed more than 240 investment options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... Wilson Asset Management. Funds from Apostle, AQR, Ten Cap, Tribeca, Talaria and Zurich Investments will face the chopping block. The ability to invest in listed funds like Bailador Technology Investments, Hearts and Minds, and Australian Foundation Investment ...

Betashares expands Wealth Builder range

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
Today Betashares announced the expansion of its Wealth Builder range, with the launch of the Betashares Wealth Builder Global Shares Geared Complex ETF (GGBL). Now listed on the ASX, GGBL is a moderately geared exchange-traded fund that invests in global ...

Crypto providers to hold AFSL under proposed laws

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
The government is inviting industry feedback on its proposed legislation to develop a fit-for-purpose digital asset regime to better regulate platforms that hold digital assets. The draft legislation introduces two new financial products within the ...

La Trobe shuts online portal access

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
La Trobe Financial chief investment officer Chris Paton has assured investors their money is "safe" after ASIC issued interim stop orders on the 12 Month Term Account, 2 Year Account and US Private Credit Fund Class B products. In response to the orders ...

ASIC lands special leave against Block Earner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
ASIC is persevering in its crusade against Block Earner with the Federal Court granting a special leave to appeal an April decision that found that an AFSL was not necessary to offer a fixed-yield digital asset-related product. ASIC said its appeal ...

Binance names head of APAC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance appoints a new head of APAC after Vishal Sacheendran left the business in July. SB Seker, who previously worked as senior VP at Crypto.com, will lead the group's Asia Pacific operations, bringing with him a ...

ASIC calls out super 'leaders and laggards'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant has told super trustees more needs to be done to meet obligations under the Retirement Income Covenant. "We are three years into the Retirement Income Covenant now. Three years since trustees have been obliged by law ...

Betashares adds global bond ETF to lineup

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... Betashares said. The ETF, covering more than 25 currencies and 70 countries, offers an efficient, core fixed income building block for diversifications, while providing better tax outcomes by electing to implement TOFA hedging - a specialised structure ...