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ASIC culls red tape, sets sights on more

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
ASIC has culled more than 9240 pages of regulation since the start of the year and is calling for more ideas for regulatory simplification. A new report, aptly named Regulatory Simplification, seeks input on a range of initiatives aimed at making regulation ...

Super funds test cybersecurity resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
Still reeling from the coordinated cyberattack in April, superannuation funds will test their cybersecurity resilience and see what lessons they have learned under a drill provided by the Gateway Network Governance Body (GNGB). Taking place on Thursday ...

Equip Super rejigs insurance fees, policy terms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... subject to a "do not travel warning". Additionally, the exclusion for illness or injury resulting from an illegal or criminal act committed by the insured person will no longer apply. Equip Super had $34.2 billion in assets and more than 145,000 members ...

Lombard Odier acquires Dutch sustainable asset manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) will integrate Ownership Capital into its broader sustainability business, expanding assets under management (AUM) to US$10 billion ($15.3bn). Ownership Capital's long-term investment approach is built on deep ...

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

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... contribute. It added that the CSLR needs to be treated as a genuine scheme of last resort, meaning ASIC and other regulators must act faster and more effectively against entities and other parties to minimise losses where they're occurring or likely ...

IML debuts income-focused ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
IML has launched an actively managed income-focused ETF on the ASX, spun off from its Equity Income Fund. The Investors Mutual Equity Income Fund Complex ETF (EQIN) was admitted on the exchange yesterday. EQIN aims to provide a dividend yield after ...

ASIC permanently bans convicted investment manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... obligations, acted dishonestly, made false and misleading representations and breached the trust of those he was engaged to act for," Court said. Trevillian's ban has been recorded on the banned and disqualified register. Under the Corporations Act ...

Exposure to US hitting Aussie companies: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
UniSuper head of fixed income David Colosimo has spoken in the wake of earnings season, noting Australian companies which rely on the US market have started taking a hit - and it may well continue. Colosimo pointed to CSL and James Hardie, both of which ...

Societe Generale fined $3.88m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
Societe Generale (SocGen) has been fined $3.88 million by the Market Disciplinary Panel (MDP), following an ASIC investigation, for failing to prevent suspicious orders from being placed on the electricity and wheat futures market. ASIC said SocGen ...

Former United Global Capital adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... he was only providing limited advice as they sought 'execution only advice', despite also telling them he was required to act in their best interests and providing comparisons regarding existing superannuation arrangements and the recommended SMSF and ...