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ASIC to monitor union redundancy funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
Following a consultation process that was launched in June, ASIC has outlined its approach to the regulation of employee redundancy funds under the Corporations Act 2001 (Corporations Act), once the current relief expires on 1 April 2026. Operators ...

FX coaching platform handed additional conditions over compliance failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... Capital Index. The additional licence conditions were imposed due to LTT's failure to lodge financial statements and audit reports between 2023 and 2024 within three months after the financial year-end, followed by multiple occasions since 2012. ...

Two financial services directors fined $15k over reporting failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
Directors of Sheffield Insurance Pty Ltd (trading by the name of Sheffield Insurance Services), Phillip Bird and Daniel Holmes, have been convicted of two offences and fined $15,000 over failure to lodge financial statements and auditors' reports with ...

Rest hires from AustralianSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... that time, he supported several board committees, including member and employer services, people and culture, finance and audit and risk and compliance. Before working at AustralianSuper, he worked for Bupa in several roles from 2008 to 2021, culminating ...

The Big Short's Michael Burry shutters fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... Management. Burry told investors in a note that "with a heavy heart, I will liquidate the funds and return capital but for a small audit/tax holdback by year's end." "My estimation of value in securities is not now, and has not been for some time ...

ASIC not acting as a 'market maker': Constant

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... within ASIC now to make sure that what is disclosed as well is accurate, and that's the work on financial reporting and audit that was released a month or two ago, and that's what's really important. The whole system is really important for getting those ...

SQM Research faces court over 'favourable' rating of Shield

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
ASIC is suing SQM Research over its 'favourable' rating for the Shield Master Fund, marking the first time the watchdog has acted against a research house. ASIC alleges that the research house failed to obtain information needed to properly ...

Interprac sued over Shield, First Guardian failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... advice was appropriate, and then failed to impose meaningful consequences in response to compliance issues, like repeated audit failures. "Interprac's alleged oversight and compliance failures exposed thousands of Australians to poor advice and significant ...

Super funds a "standout" in risk and compliance hiring: Kaizen

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... compliance monitoring, risk assessment and management, internal control evaluation, training and education, people management and audit were the skills most in the demand in the sector. Kaizen expects continued growth in the GRC hiring for super funds. ...

Macquarie half-year profit rises to $1.7bn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
Macquarie Group has a reported net profit of $1.7 billion in the first half of the financial year to September, up 3% on the same period last year. Assets under management rose by 5% from last year to $959.1 billion in September 2025. Macquarie Asset ...