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ASIC warns of 'sharp rise' in financial misconduct

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
New data shows a significant rise in the number of misconduct reports made to ASIC, with more than half of the complaints impacting retail investors. ASIC's half-year reports of misconduct data shows that there were 7561 reports of misconduct from 1 ...

Only half of advice practices report positive earnings: Investment Trends

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
The latest findings from Investment Trends reveal that only half of financial advice practices report positive momentum when it comes to profitability. The 2025 Adviser Business Model Report shows that profitability in the sector continues to improve ...

Future Fund taps AustralianSuper for property director

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
Future Fund has appointed its executive director, property, joining from AustralianSuper in October. John Richmond is set to take on the role and is currently the senior investment director of Australian and New Zealand property, real assets at AustralianSuper. ...

Australia emerges as managed accounts leader: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
A new Praemium study found that managed accounts are slowly becoming an essential tool for local financial advisers. According to the survey, 62% of financial advisers currently used managed accounts, an increase from about 59% earlier this year, and ...

ASIC turns spotlight on direct life sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
ASIC is warning life insurers to do better when it comes to their direct sales practices that have placed doubt on their compliance obligations and put consumer outcomes at risk. While some life insurance firms have improved since ASIC's 2018 review ...

ART chair to retire

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) chair Andrew Fraser intends to retire at the ART Annual Member Meeting on November 20, at which point a successor will be named. Fraser was first appointed to Sunsuper as an independent director in September 2015 and ...

Adviser banned for UGC, Shield involvement

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
Gold Coast-based financial adviser Andrew Rankin has been banned for four years for failing to act in clients' best interests by pushing them to invest in the Global Capital Property Fund (GCPF) and Pivotal Diversified Fund. The banning took effect ...

Aberdeen to terminate three funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
Aberdeen Investments is shutting down three funds due to declining investor demand, which has seen the funds diminish in size. The abrdn International Equity Fund, abrdn Multi-Asset Income Fund, and abrdn Multi-Asset Real Return Fund will be terminated ...

VanEck goes for growth with new ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
VanEck has launched a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) to complement its international quality, value and small cap strategies. VanEck MSCI International Growth ETF (ASX: GWTH) will be available on the ASX from August 28, pending final regulatory approval. ...

Commonwealth Super names chief risk and compliance officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) has welcomed a chief risk and compliance officer, hiring from Equity Trustees. Nevein Versace has commenced in the role. She was most recently Equity Trustees' group executive and chief risk officer. In ...