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Australian Unity cops fine for TMD, DDO failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... may not have been suitable for them under three Target Market Determinations (TMDs). Australian Unity, as the responsible entity of the fund, admitted in court that it failed to take reasonable steps to ensure interests in the fund were only distributed ...

HMC Capital wholesale head exits for COO position

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... He also served as the Challenger representative on six affiliate boards, was a member of the Office of the Responsible Entity and sat on the ESG Steering Committee for Challenger Ltd. Earlier in his career, he worked in corporate finance at GPT Group ...

Blackwattle launches fund, mandates Equity Trustees

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
Blackwattle Investment Partners has launched its new equity income fund, appointing Equity Trustees as responsible entity. The Blackwattle Equity Income Fund invests in listed Australian equities beyond traditional dividend-paying stocks, while also ...

EQT stands firm on defence, blames ASIC, third parties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... Venture Egg were also mentioned. In EQT's eyes, losses to members were caused by financial advisers' wrongdoing, responsible entity Keystone Asset Management and related parties. All this was facilitated by auditor BDO, SQM and Atchison. Citing SQM's ...

Cordis AM winds up only fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... Financial Standard understands investors have been notified of the fund's closure by Equity Trustees as the responsible entity.

ASIC sues BDO Audit for misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... of the collapsed investment scheme Shield Master Fund, which confirmed that Keystone Asset Management, the responsible entity of Shield, had complied with the compliance plan for the financial year ended 30 June 2022. However, in FY23, BDO noted that ...

Diversa to 'vigorously defend' ASIC allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... conduct only came to light long after applications for and withdrawals had been frozen by Falcon Capital, the responsible entity of First Guardian," Diversa said. "Diversa has been actively monitoring First Guardian since it suspended applications and ...

ASIC sues Diversa for First Guardian failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... to assess its performance, liquidity and stress tests, or independently enquire into information provided by responsible entity Falcon Capital. Furthermore, ASIC said Diversa did not exercise the same degree of care, skill and diligence as a prudent ...

Datt Capital opens small cap fund to retail investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... Class B, financial advisers can now access the strategy for their clients via platforms. Fundhost remains the responsible entity and issuer of the updated product disclosure statement. "The launch of this retail fund reflects rising wealth adviser demand ...

ASIC allows more forms to be lodged via email

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... the review date of a company or registered scheme 491 Change to scheme details 5107 Notification of change of responsible entity of a registered scheme 5108 Notification of appointment of temporary responsible entity 5109 Notification of request by temporary ...