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Mulino sits on Tranche 2 for now, grapples with complexity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino says releasing the next exposure draft for the "complex" second tranche of Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms is a top priority, but the financial advice sector should not expect it anytime ...

Former adviser charged over clients' near $1m loss

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
A permanently banned former financial adviser has been slapped with multiple charges for allegedly making dishonest representations to potential investors in relation to acquiring shares in his own doomed company. Donald James Cuthbertson, the founder ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... someone needs to be paying closer attention. "ASIC is interested in the accuracy and transparency of underlying investments," State Street country head, Australia Tim Helyar says. "Do funds really have full transparency into what they're buying?" ...

HUB24, Netwealth projected to overtake Insignia: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... Royal Commission sentiment shift away from major institutional wealth managers like AMP, Insignia, BT, and Colonial First State. "However, these institutions have since evolved to comply with regulatory reforms and significantly improved their product ...

Economic growth has 'moderated': CommSec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
Western Australia has once again claimed the top spot in the latest CommSec State of the States report, leading the nation's economic performance rankings for a fourth consecutive quarter. South Australia also began 2025 with a bang, climbing from fourth ...

Brighter Super awards $50m mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
... mandate will see Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) invest Brighter Super members' retirement savings back into the state's economy through high-growth, innovative businesses. The mandate will invest in businesses delivering strong returns, driving ...

Two more Shield Master Fund advisers banned

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
ASIC has banned another two former financial advisers of MWL Financial Services that were involved in investing clients' superannuation into the Shield Master Fund, as well as other breaches of obligations. Former financial advisers of MWL, Rocco ...

Now is the best time to invest in infrastructure: Palisade

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... the stock available is reducing. It's that supply-and-demand mismatch, which means that governments, both federal and state, are putting significant amounts of capital work to try and support private sector investment in the space." Rigg said the ...

Federated Hermes 'not far away' from launching Australian wholesale products

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... direct to retail." Federated Hermes provides stewardship services to super funds including Aware Super, Cbus, Colonial First State, HESTA, and Hostplus. The asset manager currently has US$839.8 billion ($1.27tn) in assets under management.

One third of advisers use 'Big 3' platforms: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
FirstChoice, BT Panorama and Insignia Financial's Expand are the most widely used platforms among financial advisers, according to Rainmaker Information, which shows that one third of the industry rely on the 'Big 3'. Colonial First States ...