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Sale of Interprac raises eyebrows at ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
ASIC wants the Federal Court to appoint a receiver to investigate the fire sale of Interprac Financial Planning to Conquest Investment Partners, saying it has concerns over what it may mean for the advice group's creditors. The regulator has applied ...

Another former Venture Egg adviser slapped with four-year ban

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... over its failures to ensure representatives acted in clients' best interests, while Venture Egg has been ordered by the Federal Court to be wound up on "just and equitable grounds" on March 25, appointing a liquidator. Hogan applied to the Administrative ...

US private credit firm swoops in to save Star

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... "governance and cultural concerns" plaguing the casino operator. Earlier this month the governance issues culminated in the Federal Court finding two former senior executives of Star breached their duties in relation to the handling of risks associated ...

Binance Australia to pay $10m over deliberate customer misclassifications

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
The Federal Court has ordered Oztures Trading, known as Binance Australia Derivatives, to pay $10 million after it was found to have misclassified more than 85%, or 524, of its retail clients between July 2022 and April 2023. ASIC commenced legal proceedings ...

Inflation remains firm, May rate hike still in play

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... focus in the next CPI reports will no doubt be on fuel prices." Treasurer Jim Chalmers - who is preparing to hand down the Federal Budget in May - said he is focused on keeping petrol prices as the conflict in the Middle East continues. "While we've ...

Australia finalises 'landmark' trade agreement with European Union

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
After years of negotiations, the Federal Government has secured a landmark trade deal with the European Union (EU) overnight, which will unlock "lucrative" access to European government mandates for local businesses. The agreement will see the EU to ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... its questionable due diligence by giving a "favourable" rating to Shield. Macquarie was most recently admonished by the Federal Court for failing to put Shield on a watchlist. "You should have processes in place that allow you to identify practices that ...

Macquarie broke law by not putting Shield on watch list, says court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... Macquarie Investment Management breached the Corporations Act by failing to place the Shield Master Fund on a watch list, the Federal Court has found. Handing down findings today, Justice Wheelahan determined Macquarie should have placed the fun on a ...

Treasury downgrades productivity assumptions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... for the Australian economy. However, he said the government will work to mitigate the risks facing Australia in the May Federal Budget. "While Treasury will retain its long-term productivity assumption in this Budget, it will make some near-term adjustments. ...

Super moves: Future Fund, ART, First Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... leadership experience across data, analytics, technology, risk, and investment strategy, including senior roles at the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Finally, First Super has named its deputy chief executive, Greg Everett ...