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Stockspot officially launches low-cost super offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
Stockspot Super has launched to the public, a move first flagged by Financial Standard in May 2024. Stockspot said the offering is Australia's first fully transparent, ETF-only superannuation product, which has been designed to keep costs low and provide ...

GDP edges higher, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
Australian gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.6% in the December quarter 2024 and 1.3% through the year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "Modest growth was seen broadly across the economy this quarter. Both public and private ...

Insignia Financial takes $53.5m profit hit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
Insignia Financial will take a $53.5 million profit hit after electing not to exercise an early repayment request from NAB. Insignia issued $200 million of subordinated loan notes (SLNs) to NAB in May 2021 as part of the funding package to finance the ...

Treasury responds to CHESS replacement inquiry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
Treasury has released its response following the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services report, Competition in clearing and settlement and the ASX CHESS Replacement Project: The CHESS Replacement Project is too important ...

Freezing order slapped on First Guardian Master Fund, Falcon Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
ASIC has taken action to freeze the assets of the First Guardian Master Fund and its responsible entity Falcon Capital nearly one year after investors were locked out from accessing their funds. The First Guardian Master Fund is run by First Guardian ...

Metrics acquires BC Investment Group

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
Metrics Income Opportunities Trust will acquire 100% of BC Investment Group (BCI) for $140.3 million from FEC Capital - which currently holds a 53.2% stake - and other minorities including management. Metrics Income Opportunities Trust, which is managed ...

Outlook favourable for practice valuations: Guide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
Buyers of financial planning practices and client books are becoming more focused on profit, leading acquirers to be much more discerning when it comes to fee per client - but they should continue to trade at a premium to other small businesses. According ...

'Less revenue for us': AustralianSuper on closing multiple accounts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
Fronting the Senate Economics Committee, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) confirmed internal communications between staff at AustralianSuper played a significant role in shaping its case against the super fund. Senator Andrew ...

Court acts against two with links to Shield Master Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
The Federal Court has made orders against two individuals in connection to ASIC's investigation into the Shield Master Fund collapse. The $480 million Shield Master Fund collapse will likely see its 5800-plus investors cop significant losses, with the ...

ASIC turns up the heat on private markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
ASIC is setting its sights on the private markets sector, flagging it will pay particular attention to the surging popularity of opaque private debt investments. The regulator lays out its concerns in discussion paper, Australia's evolving capital ...