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Chalmers flags pension, super spending in Budget update

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
Ahead of Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Financial Minister Katy Gallagher handing down the Budget update tomorrow, Chalmers has flagged some expected changes. Chalmers said the Budget update will be about "delivery, responsibility and restraint". "We will ...

Mulino wants PII to step up to make CSLR sustainable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... estimated that Lloyd's writes about 20% to 25% of the financial services PII market in Australia. "Although PII is not a product that is designed to protect consumers directly, it is an important 'first line of defence' to protect consumers ...

Dexus doubles stake in Brisbane shopping centre to 50%

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... returns from opportunities across the Australian real estate sector," Dexus executive general manager of fund capital and product development Jason Howes said. "The latest equity raise positions DREP2 as one of the largest and most diversified opportunity ...

Vanguard identifies strongest asset classes for coming decade

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
According to Vanguard's outlook, high-quality US fixed income, US value-oriented equities, and non-US developed markets equities will have the strongest risk-returns over the coming five to 10 years. Vanguard predicts US value-oriented equities will ...

AMP to pay $29m to settle class action

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
AMP has settled a class action brought by Shine Lawyers in 2020, which claimed the firm's financial advisers breached their fiduciary and statutory duties to an estimated 100,000 clients. The AMP commissions and insurance class action was commenced ...

ASIC class relief for digital assets now effective

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
ASIC has successfully introduced two instruments on the Federal Register of Legislation relating to reliefs for secondary distribution of eligible digital assets and the omnibus account structures for those that are classified as financial products. ...

ASIC takes action on Spice Capital Partners, founder

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... against Spice Capital Partners and its founder Colin Oxlade for providing unlicensed financial services and financial product advice that ultimately raised nearly $2 million from investors. ASIC alleges that Oxlade, who is also the chief executive of ...

Diversa to 'vigorously defend' ASIC allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
Diversa Trustees said it will be "vigorously defending" ASIC's allegations about the role it played in moving $300 million of member money to the failed First Guardian Master Fund, arguing the managed investment scheme was "fraudulent." ASIC has ...

Mulino taps super sector to help pay CSLR special levy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Daniel Mulino has suggested including APRA-regulated superannuation funds in the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) as the 2026 special levy has blown out to $47.3 million. Mulino added ...

Prime Super awards fixed income mandate

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... investment objectives and complements our portfolio construction process." Earlier this year, MFS expanded its equity product offering for Australian wholesale and institutional investors with the launch of the MFS Global Contrarian Equity Trust, which ...