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'Flawed' CSLR model needs to be redesigned: SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... participants in those arrangements. "The largest costs borne by the CSLR have repeatedly originated from the same type of business model: individual firms who channelled clients into related-party or high-risk managed investment schemes. Dixon Advisory ...

Former adviser defies permanent banning orders

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... ASIC imposed another order, permanently banning him from controlling an entity which carries on a financial services business and from performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial services business. ASIC now alleges Nesseim performed ...

Longwave brings small-cap strategy to ASX

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... fund holds around 100 to 120 ASX-listed companies across sectors, seeking to balance diversification with exposure to business capable of funding their own growth. Longwave co-founder and portfolio manager Melinda White said the strategy aimed to capture ...

Abacus managing director confirms upcoming retirement

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... thanked Sewell for his contribution since assuming the role in 2018. "Steven was instrumental in the evolution of ABG's business from a core plus investor in real estate, with a portfolio of opportunistically acquired higher risk assets, to a specialised ...

ETF assets hit $388bn as inflows near $7bn

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2026
... defensive and income-producing characteristics." The reports come as Dimensional Fund Advisors announced its Australian ETF business had surpassed $1 billion in assets across six ASX-listed funds, less than three years after launching its first local ...

Flexible work fails to follow women into leadership

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2026
... better use of the talent already available to us is good for workplace gender equality, good workforce strategy and good business," Castley said. The analysis also found ASX-listed employers with more women in leadership consistently outperformed peers ...

Fortnum pays $1.35m to settle ASIC lawsuit

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2026
... the cyber security management framework, governance arrangements, controls and support that are in place today in our business." He said Fortnum and the broader Entireti Group have made "significant" investments in cyber governance, oversight, specialist ...

IFM looks offshore for renewable lending opportunities

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2026
... saying the risk-return trade-off is simply better offshore. Wanigasekera told Financial Standard IFM's private debt business lends more to renewables and associated infrastructure in North America and Europe than in Australia at the moment. "This ...

Mason Stevens farewells managing director

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2026
... to work, an excellent offering for clients - an outstanding group of people - both personally and professionally." The business welcomed Leanne Taylor as its chief investment officer earlier this year, as it continues to expand into the high-net-worth ...

Super payments doubled since July 1: ASFA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2026
... "Under the quarterly system, workers often noticed missing super four to six months after they earned it. "By then the business may have gone into liquidation, and the super may never be recovered. Employers now have seven business days after payday ...