Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 61 - 70 of 1177 results for "Retail Investors"

FCA fines Neil Woodford, WIM $94m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... Woodford £5.89 million ($12.1m) and banned him from being employed in senior manager roles and managing funds for retail investors. Woodford Investment Management (WIM) has been slapped with a £40 million fine ($82.1m). The Woodford Equity Income Fund ...

ASIC issues warning over BTG Technology

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
... sizable position in the underlying asset, magnifying both potential gains and losses," ASIC said. "To protect retail investors, ASIC limits leverage ratio limits for certain cryptocurrency derivative products at 2:1. However, Bitget's unlicensed products ...

BlackRock sets new AUM record

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
... of total AUM sit in the iShares ETF business. About 27% of it comes from institutional investors and 24% from retail investors. About US$152 billion of year-to-date total net inflows was led by iShares ETFs, alongside private markets and cash net inflows. ...

Most traded stocks in the first half of the year revealed

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... Commonwealth Bank share price, it isn't the most sought-after stock among investors. The most bought stock by retail investors was BHP, followed by Fortescue, Woodside Energy, Pilbara Minerals and Appen. Conversely, most realised their investment in ...

Prime Value expands microcap fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
Prime Value Asset Management is opening its Prime Value Microcap Fund to retail investors. Prime Value said the fund is a newly launched retail offering, built on the same investment strategy and managed by the same team behind the former SIV Emerging ...

ASIC targets advisers, platforms, research houses in super switching scams

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... more than $480 million may have been invested in the Shield Master Fund from about 6000 investors. About 600 retail investors invested $160 million into Australian Fiduciaries. Meanwhile, ISG received $145 million from retail and wholesale investors ...

Wealth groups tap operations leads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... institutional mandates, establishing a presence in Hong Kong, Singapore, and the U.S., and expanding our services to retail investors. We also gained the support of platforms, rating agencies, and independent operational reviews. I am proud to have built ...

ASIC takes action on Australian Fiduciaries

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... investor money, and seeks asset preservation orders and the appointment of receivers. ASIC believes that about 600 retail investors have invested approximately $160 million into managed investment schemes run by Australian Fiduciaries since February ...

ASIC sues Australian Unity for TMD failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
ASIC is suing Australian Unity Funds Management for allegedly failing to ensure retail investors fit the suitable target market for its investment product, the Select Income Fund. ASIC is looking at the period between 5 October 2021 and 5 October 2023 ...

ASIC shrinks IPO timetable to boost listings

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... attractiveness of our listed markets to remain competitive with global peers and private capital, as well as provide retail investors with more wealth creation opportunities." Additionally, ASIC is also announcing a class no-action position where an ...