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Former Statewide Super executives acquitted

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... Director of Public Prosecutions. In December 2022 both Netting and Eastwood were charged with dishonesty offences. Both pleaded not guilty in February 2024. ASIC alleged Eastwood dishonestly used his position in the procurement of a firm, Cosight, to ...

Family trusts safe from reform for now: Mulino

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino has said the government is not currently looking at reforming the tax treatment of family trusts. Appearing on Sky News this morning to discuss this week's changes to Division 296, Mulino was asked whether ...

Carbon tax a 'missed opportunity': Debelle

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Funds SA chair Guy Debelle has told the IGCC Summit 2025 that numerous governments not going ahead with a carbon tax was a "missed opportunity". "The carbon tax wouldn't have been a bad thing to have done, but we lost a few Prime Ministers on the ...

Equity Story to raise $3.5m to enter property sector

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... advises that the conditions precedent for the completion of the acquisition of the business and assets of Baker Young were not satisfied by 30 September 2025. Equity Story has given Baker Young notice of the termination of the agreement." In April this ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... from the $525,367,274 previously claimed by Shield. In the case of First Guardian as at July 8, FTI Consulting said it was "not in a position to provide an estimate" as to what assets may ultimately be realised, and therefore what funds may be distributable ...

Can IPOs ever recover? Experts aren't sure

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... because of things such as having to disclose stabilisation fees... [compile] mandatory reporting every day, you're just not getting the benefit of those stabilisation businesses, so people steered away from it," Isouard said. "Other things, such ...

FINSIA's struggle to find scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... decline significantly. But as a board, when we stood back, we determined that given those structural challenges, that was not enough to focus on that long-term sustainability challenge." Cox said the board considered whether it would be able to lower ...

BlackRock looks to add Bitcoin ETF to local suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
BlackRock is gearing up to list a Bitcoin ETF for Australian investors, according to ASIC filings. Last month, a new managed investment scheme titled 'iShares Bitcoin ETF' appeared on the ASIC Register, followed by the registration of a 'Trustee ...

Former First Sentier PMs join Blackwattle

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... volatility from Australian shares," he said. In September, Blackwattle announced it will shutter its Global Quality Fund as it did "not meet the evolving needs and expectations of clients." The fund launched in May 2024 and aimed to outperform the MSCI ...

Superannuation system quality stagnates: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... based on the annual Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index (MCGPI) over the last four years. The retirement system has not improved since 2021 when it moved from a B grade in 2020 to B+. This year, Australia's index value rose from 76.7 to 77.6, notably ...