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Equity Trustees pushes bidders for better price

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... ongoing in the court. Equity Trustees attributed a "shifting regulatory environment, higher operating costs and the evolving risk profile" as reasons to exit the super trustee business. ASIC proceedings into Equity Trustees alleges failures in care ...

Intergenerational Report looks to AI to buoy productivity slump

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
Australia's economy will continue to stagnate over the next 40 years, growing at just 2% annually, according to the latest Intergenerational Report (IGR), which points to the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution to buoy sagging productivity. Treasury ...

'Beyond warnings': ASIC to come down heavy on private credit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
The corporate regulator has urged the private credit sector to uplift standards, noting participants should prepare for enforcement action if they fail to do so. ASIC commissioner Simone Constant said the regulator is now "beyond warnings" and pushed ...

AI overtakes superfunds for investor education

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... respond to it." The GXIQ Investor Knowledge Test measures understanding of diversification, compound interest, investment risk, tax, and investing fundamentals, with participants receiving a score from zero to 100.

ASX to launch overnight repo funding rate

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... growth in the domestic repo market, alongside the continuous reliance on existing rates for funding, lending, derivatives and risk management among institutional investors. The Secured Overnight Funding Index Australia (SOFIA) measures the cost of overnight ...

Mulino opens CSLR special levy consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... financial services sub-sectors most closely connected to the losses giving rise to compensation claims, while limiting the risk that any single sub-sector bears a levy burden that could adversely affect its financial sustainability and viability." Mulino ...

Netwealth faces potential class action over First Guardian failure

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2026
Netwealth Group has received letters of potential class action, alleging it breached duties while offering and monitoring certain First Guardian investment options available through the Netwealth Superannuation Master Fund. No proceedings have yet been ...

ASIC secures court orders against questionable investment scheme

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2026
... Mutual Private Equity (FMPE) and its sole director Gregory Raymond Cotton, with concerned of more than $50 million was at risk. The number has more than doubled to over $130 million when the managed investment scheme was ordered to be wound up after ...

Sequoia plots potential restructure

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... ASIC withdre w legal proceedings against Sequoia after it entered an undertaking not to put the Cross Deed of Guarantee at risk tied to the sale. The regulator applied to the Federal Court i n April for KPMG to investigate the proposed sale, concerned ...

Shield investors launch Macquarie class action

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... Macquarie's superannuation platform. Shield collapsed in late 2024 after significant investor funds were reportedly directed into risk property developments and other investments. Across the broader collapse, almost 6000 Australians were affected ...