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ASIC loses Block Earner case

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
The Federal Court has vindicated Block Earner by overturning a decision that it needed an AFSL to offer its Earner product and dismissing ASIC's appeal to impose penalties on the digital asset platform. Justices O'Callaghan, Abraham and Button ...

Iress offloads QuantHouse

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
ASX-listed Iress is divesting its market data business QuantHouse for €17.5 million ($31.4m) at a 45% discount to what it acquired it for in 2019. BAHA Tech Holding AG is set to take over Iress' European market data and trading infrastructure ...

Warakirri adds kiwifruit aggregation to farmland fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
Warakirri Asset Management has added a 200-hectare aggregation of three orchards, mainly kiwifruit, with some nashi and corella pears as well as jujubes, to its farmland fund. The manager paid $33 million for the orchards in the Goulburn Valley region ...

DII drives life insurance disputes: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
Disability income insurance (DII) continues to be a bugbear for the life insurance industry and is the most highly disputed product among advised, non-advised and group insurance customers, APRA statistics show. In 2024, total DII disputes reached 1987 ...

Future Group positions super offerings for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
As part of Future Group's broader plans to scale, Future Super and Verve Super are set to be merged into the Smart Future Trust, giving members of each a completely new menu of investment options for less. From May 23, the Future Super Fund, including ...

Paying more fees doesn't speed up superannuation death benefit payouts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
Paying higher superannuation fees doesn't equate to getting death benefits paid out faster, according to research by Super Consumers Australia (SCA). In the wake of a review by ASIC into death benefit claims handling practices of superannuation trustees ...

ASIC asks for input on reportable situations, IDR dashboards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
The corporate regulator plans to introduce two interactive dashboards that would track firm-level reportable situations and internal dispute resolution (IDR) data to push financial firms to lift their game. ASIC is consulting on plans to publish dashboards ...

Three AFS licensees pinged over compliance breaches

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
Three AFS licensees - Australian Advice Network, IA Advice, and Sherrin Partners Services - have copped infringement notices from ASIC after their financial advisers provided personal advice while unregistered. Each licensee paid a $31,300 penalty in ...

GQG rejigs allocations amid tariff pain

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
GQG has slashed its consumer discretionary and information technology holdings as it repositions for the "extraordinary market volatility" after US tariffs were rolled out last week. GQG said it continues to reposition portfolios with "the aim of achieving ...

PM Capital hits back at Platinum after offer rejected

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
The PM Capital Global Opportunities Fund (PGF) has hit back after Platinum Asia Investments (PAI) rejected its non-binding indicative proposal, deciding instead to move forward with plans to merge with the Platinum Asia Fund Complex ETF (PAXX). PGF ...