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Super funds test cybersecurity resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... challenge super funds' cybersecurity response across their entire ecosystem. Super funds, including administrators, service providers, regulators and government agencies, will take part in the exercise that will simulate a coordinated response to ...

Coaxial names chief investment officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
Coaxial, the family office of Nicola Forrest, has appointed a chief investment officer and a chief financial and commercial officer to support its next phase of growth. The announcement follows the appointment of its inaugural chief executive Philippa ...

FAAA calls for other sectors to help pay $67m CSLR bill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
In its submission to the Treasury consultation on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) Special Levy for 2025/26, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) said financial advisers should not be expected to pay more than the $20 million ...

Platinum client yanks $580m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... performance turnaround," Platinum managing director Jeff Peters said. "We believe the combined distribution and client service capabilities of both firms should result in an industry leading capability to drive growth. The aforementioned synergies will ...

ASIC permanently bans convicted investment manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... assist AlphaThorn's managed discretionary account investments to wholesale investors through the AlphaThorn Secured Service from February 2019 and through the AlphaThorn Enhanced Service from September 2019. Former AlphaThorn director Gabriel Jakob ...

Praemium partners to offer more global options

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
Praemium has integrated Clearstream's Vestima into its Spectrum platform, offering global fund access and operational efficiency for financial advisers. Vestima supports over 245,000 funds across 55 markets with nearly €4 trillion ($7tn) in assets ...

Chalmers opens Investor Front Door pilot

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
The government has launched the pilot program for the Investor Front Door, which aims to make it quicker and easier for investors to back major projects. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said it is designed to improve the investment environment by streamlining ...

Former United Global Capital adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
Former United Global Capital (UGC) adviser Milutin Petrovic is banned for six years after ASIC found he failed key advice obligations when recommending clients invest their retirement savings into the Global Capital Property Fund Limited (GCPF). Petrovic ...

ASIC piles more charges on Merhi

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
ASIC has heaped more allegations against former financial adviser Ferras Merhi, claiming he engaged in "unconscionable conduct" related to the First Guardian Master Fund and Shield Master Fund that has put more than $520 million on the line. ASIC said ...

Clime investments chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... informed the company that he would resign as both a director and senior executive of CIW. I sincerely thank him for his service and support over the last three years," Clime chair John Abernethy said. Clime reported net profit after tax of $510,676 in ...