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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 ...

Regal writes off Opthea, FUM takes 8% hit

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
Regal Partners has written off its entire investment in Opthea, which contributed to funds under management (FUM) taking an 8.3% hit in the March 2025 quarter. Regal ended up with $16.5 billion as total FUM suffered a $540 million loss stemming from ...

Data centres 'major growth sector' for Australia: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
Australia is only second to the US as a top data centre investment location having deployed $6.7 billion in capital in 2024, according to a new report from Knight Frank. The Global Data Centres Report projected that the market would hit $6.6 trillion ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cyberattacks on super funds expose 'critical vulnerability'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
The spate of cyberattacks targeting major Australian superannuation funds has laid bare a "critical vulnerability" in the sector's defences, according to financial services cybersecurity consultancy firm Software@Scale. The attacks, which have so ...

UGC's AFCA membership to cease

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) will expel United Global Capital's (UGC) membership effective May 31. UGC, which is now in liquidation, began providing financial services, including financial advice, in 2017 to retail and sophisticated ...

Adviser exam pass rate declines

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
ASIC has released the results of the 28 th Financial Adviser Exam, held on March 6. Of the 241 candidates to sit the exam, 177 passed, representing 73.4% of the cohort. Of those 241 candidates, 175 (72.6%) sat the exam for the first time. The pass rate ...

Platinum funds merger to go ahead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
Platinum Asia Investments (PAI) has rejected a non-binding indicative proposal from the PM Capital Global Opportunities Fund and will move forward with plans to merge with the Platinum Asia Fund Complex ETF (PAXX). PAI's independent board reviewed both ...

Market turmoil hits portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
Following US President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, major stock indexes on Wall Street dropped as much as 6%, losing $4.9 trillion (US$3.1 trillion) in market value, marking the largest decline since March 2020. VanEck Asia Pacific chief ...