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ASIC issues interim stop orders to RELI Capital

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
ASIC has issued an interim stop order against the RELI Capital Mortgage Fund, a registered managed investment scheme operated by RELI Capital. The regulator said it is to protect consumers and retail investors from acquiring a product not suitable for ...

ASIC issues interim stop orders to La Trobe Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
La Trobe Financial has been told by ASIC to stop offering its 12 Month Term Account and 2 Year Account products offered under the La Trobe Australian Credit Fund, as well as its US Private Credit Fund. The regulator said it is concerned that the target ...

Retirement expectations of young Australians surge

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... Vanguard also identified growing concerns regarding housing as young Australians increasingly anticipate retiring with mortgage debt. Over 36% of Millennial respondents expect to retire with mortgage debt, compared to 27% of Gen X and 24% of Baby Boomer ...

Australian investors undeterred by global market turbulence

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... Sharesies survey finds 68% of respondents cite financial security as the main driver. Answers indicated that paying off mortgage (30%), working by choice (21%) and relying on passive income (16%) are the three main factors contributing to an underpinning ...

FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... invest. "This is far more popular with our clients. So, for example, someone has a million-dollar house with a $400,000 mortgage left on it, and they say, 'we have over $600,000 of equity here, I'd like to do something more productive with that from ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... that, meanwhile, the long end will keep moving." Tyler also sees value in structured credits in local markets, and cites mortgage-and asset-backed securities which deliver more of a yield pick up than similarly rated corporate paper. There is, of course ...

NAB fined over $15m for delaying hardship applications

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
The Federal Court has ordered National Australia Bank (NAB) and its subsidiary ASFH Nominees to pay a pecuniary penalty of $15.5 million for failing to respond to customers facing hardship. The court found that between 2018 and 2023, NAB and ASFH failed ...

Some Australians being taxed more on super than pay: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... second-lowest wealth retiree households, SMC said. However, the report highlighted that Australia's ageing population, rising mortgage debt in retirement, and complex system settings will place increasing pressure on the retirement income system. Without ...

Younger Aussies want personalised financial advice: CALI

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025
New research conducted by the peak body of life insurance indicated close to half of young Australians want financial advice on life insurance, but only one in 10 receive it. The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) said more Australians between ...

TA Associates invests in Viridian Financial Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... Viridian Advisory, Infinity Capital Solutions and Smartmove Lending, providing wealth advice, investment solutions and mortgage broking services to 15,000 clients. Head of TA Associates Asia Pacific Edward Sippel said: "We have high conviction in the ...