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Most read in 2025: Financial advice

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... hoodwinking five individuals out of over $160,000 from their self-managed super funds. 9. Escala poised to overhaul strategy In May, people familiar with the matter said two senior Escala executives, including co-chief executive Pep Perry, were to leave ...

Digital asset firm names investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
Vector Capital Management has created a new chief investment role as it continues its push to bridge traditional and digital finance for high-net-worth and institutional clients. The Melbourne-based digital asset specialist has appointed William Fong ...

Netwealth to spend $101m compensating First Guardian victims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... investment options. Documents show Netwealth relied on reports from SQM Research and, while there were indications the options may not be suitable, added it to the investment menu with a 100% investment limit and with no information displayed as to the ...

Perpetual extends exclusive talks for wealth management sale

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... acquire all of Insignia Financial's shares at $4 per share in cash. Insignia rejected Bain Capital's proposal. In May, Bain Capital decided to back out of the bidding war against CC Capital before Insignia accepted CC Capital's offer in July ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... risk," Docherty continued in his statement. "For asset managers, particularly in the US, retreating from climate stewardship may once have felt like the path of least resistance, offering short-term relief from political and commercial pressure. Increasingly ...

ASIC welcomes support for simplifying guidance on conflicts of interest

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... information. ASIC also recommends related entities to take a proportionate and risk-based approach to their obligations and may assess their compliance with industry standards or practices if necessary. "Specifically, we will take industry standards ...

Three megatrends to watch in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... continue into the new year, along with growing investment into AI. He said tech stocks showed more resilience than markets may have anticipated at the beginning of the year, and investors will be watching to see if an AI bubble forms or continues from ...

ASFA expands financial crime prevention framework for super trustees

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... uplift the sector's cyber resilience and prevent scams and financial crime in super, as well as its Cyber Security Toolkit in May 2025. ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said the new tools are about strengthening protection for super fund members and ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... credit is a misnomer." He says the First Brands transaction also involved off-balance-sheet factoring and trade finance and may have involved instances of alleged fraudulent activities where the company had pledged the same collateral more than once. ...

RBA hike may come as soon as February

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
Recent employment data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has shown the nation may be at an inflection point, highlighting the challenges the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will face in setting policy next year. Citi economists have changed ...