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KeyInvest unveils new investment platform, awards mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
KeyInvest has launched a new investment platform to include a plethora of investment strategies ranging from private credit to global equities. The KeyInvest Managed Investments (KIMI) platform provides advisers and wholesale investors access to specialist ...

ASIC slaps adviser with 10-year ban, strips AFSL

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
... to participate in financial services and applied the ban on 1 May 2025. ASIC has also cancelled the AFSL and Australian credit licence (ACL) of Freedom Wealth Services, effective from the same day. The ban will be lifted on 30 April 2035. Newbound had ...

Block Earner found to have offered an unlicensed financial product

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... rates, ASIC said. Block Earner does not have an AFSL but is an AUSTRAC-registered provider and was granted an Australian credit licence by ASIC last month. Commenting, ASIC chair Sarah Court welcomed the decision to clarify when an offering is deemed ...

FinCap launches private markets platform targeting wholesale investors

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... grow. The FinCap Private Markets Platform will initially offer three managed portfolios spanning private equity, private credit and real assets, supported by institutional research, due diligence and governance frameworks. FinCap head or portfolio and ...

Alexander Funds names new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... underpinned Alexander Funds' success." Alexander Funds is an Australian investment manager specialising in fixed income credit strategies. The firm manages approximately $1.76 billion in funds under management across a suite of actively managed f ...

ASIC puts private credit on notice ahead of EOFY

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
ASIC has put Australia's private credit sector on notice, calling on funds to ensure their June 30 asset valuations are current, accurate and grounded in realistic assumptions. The regulator expects all participants including boards, auditors, responsible ...

Former fund manager admits to obstructing SEC probe

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2026
Former Western Asset Management co-chief investment officer Ken Leech pleaded guilty to obstructing an investigation into a fraudulent trading scheme that disadvantaged certain clients. At the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York ...

ASIC secures record $300m penalty over 'egregious' CFD misconduct

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
... misleading representations about potential profits, and pressured customers to fund trading through superannuation accounts and credit cards. Justice Wigney described EuropeFX's conduct as "unquestionable egregious, deliberate and flagrant", adding that ...

Imprisoned fraudster's wife banned by ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
ASIC has disqualified Shashikumari Agrawal (Mrs Agrawal), the wife of the imprisoned director Krishnakumar Agrawal (Mr Agrawal), from managing corporations for five years due to her role in the collapsed Mansa Group. Mrs Agrawal and Mr Agrawal were ...

Top campaigns of the year recognised at MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2026
... campaign won campaign of the year. La Trobe Financial won the Managed Funds Campaign of the Year for the La Trobe Private Credit Fund (LF1). MLC Expand Retirement Boost won in the Platforms Campaign of the year. The Retirement Campaign of the Year award ...