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New AMP boss outlines vision amid drooping share price

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
... from about $1.76 to the current trading price of $1.33. Vernon expressed a disconnect, given that in the full year to December 2025 AMP reported underlying NPAT of $285 million, an increase of 21% year on year. Underlying NPAT for the platforms unit ...

Charter Hall secures $1.2bn mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... details of the portfolio are confidential, Charter Hall has several large institutional clients, including super funds. In December 2024, Hostplus and Charter Hall teamed up to launch a takeover offer for Hotel Property Investments (HPI), and after a ...

Coinbase receives AFSL, plans product expansion

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... is well-prepared for the regulatory change, welcoming former ASIC supervisor Adam Judd as chief operating officer in December 2025. Judd will also be the responsible manager for the AFSL moving forward. "We have long believed that thoughtful regulation ...

Treasury opens CSLR funding, sustainability consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... personal financial advice sub-sector, in FY26. The scheme has been criticised for its constant depletion of funding. Last December, then shadow financial services minister Pat Conaghan slammed the CSLR, saying that a scheme designed to compensate victims ...

Challenger injects $3.7bn in BOQ, bolsters private credit book

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... to expand its capabilities, partnering with high-quality counterparties to deliver tailored funding solutions." Last December, Challenger helped finance ASX-listed Spark New Zealand's NZ$240 million of interest-free payment receivables, extending ...

ASX is 'compromised' and 'lacks aspiration': Final report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... ASIC chair Joe Longo said the ASX Inquiry's Final Report reinforced the strategic package of reforms ASIC announced in December was the urgent reset required. "This report confirms that ASIC's decision to commission this unprecedented Inquiry was the ...

APRA imposes additional licence conditions on Fiducian

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... requirements to ensure ongoing suitability of each option. "These actions, together with APRA's enforcement response in December 2025, are consistent with that approach and reflect APRA's risk-based approach to enforcement, which prioritises issues and ...

Hostplus weighs digital asset exposure for members

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... the fund's assessment is in its early stages and no decision has been made yet. At its 2025 annual member meeting in December, Hostplus said: "We understand that many of our members are interested in investing in cryptocurrency, and that interest is ...

Another former Venture Egg adviser slapped with four-year ban

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... impersonating other advisers. ASIC has banned Nicholas Hogan from the financial services industry for four years, effective 18 December 2025. During his employment as an authorised representative for Interprac Financial Planning and Rhys Reilly, also ...

T. Rowe Price Australia country head exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... distribution ranks. Cassandra Crowe was promoted to head of institutional distribution for Australia and New Zealand in December 2025, while retaining her role as head of consultant relations for Asia Pacific, with her expanded remit effective January ...