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ASIC sues BDO Audit for misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
Ahead of Christmas, ASIC commenced civil penalty proceedings against BDO Audit (WA) and its director Dean Just alleging it made misleading statements, while failing to take reasonable steps to ensure reports were factually accurate for an ASX-listed ...

Diversa hit with additional licence conditions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... of the First Guardian Master Fund, in which $300 million of member money was invested. ASIC alleges Diversa failed to conduct adequate due diligence before allowing its members to invest and failed to conduct adequate ongoing monitoring. Diversa said ...

Macquarie Securities to pay $35m for misleading data reporting

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... said. "It's essential for public transparency, market integrity and trust in our system." In addition to the misleading conduct, MSAL has also admitted it failed to have appropriate supervisory policies and procedures, lacked maintenance of necessary ...

Mark Delaney to step down from AustralianSuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... years at the fund. Delaney is set to leave the fund on 30 June 2026. Until then, the nation's largest super fund will conduct a global search for his replacement. AustralianSuper chief executive Paul Schroder said Delaney has made a significant contribution ...

Natixis, Generali call off $3.2tn joint venture talks

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
Natixis Investment Managers and Generali Investment Holdings (GIH) have decided to call off their plans for a joint venture, citing conditions not ripe to reach a final agreement. Natixis' owner BPCE and GIH's parent company Generali said they ...

ASIC welcomes support for simplifying guidance on conflicts of interest

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... compliance with industry standards or practices if necessary. "Specifically, we will take industry standards or codes of conduct into account if the law or your AFS licence conditions require you to comply with a particular standard or code," ASIC said. ...

ASX to undergo 'circuit breaker' reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
The ASX has agreed to a package of reforms aimed at strengthening confidence in Australia's critical market infrastructure, providing certainty about the market operator's reset, and responding to the Interim Report released today by the panel of the ...

Hearts & Minds, WAM slash stakes in Corporate Travel Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... region and to revenue recognised in the financial statements of the CTM UK group. The group then engaged KPMG in the UK to conduct a forensic review of certain aspects of the FY23 to FY25 financial statements of the UK operations. KPMG is now questioning ...

ASIC takes action on Spice Capital Partners, founder

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... Catsoulis, alleging that his companies entered into binding disadvantageous agreements under his management. ASIC said his conduct contributed to the companies' failures and that a disqualification is justified. It is seeking an order from the Federal ...

Diversa to 'vigorously defend' ASIC allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... managed investment scheme was "fraudulent." ASIC has thrown a slew of allegations at Diversa, starting with failing to conduct adequate due diligence before allowing its members to invest and failing to conduct adequate ongoing monitoring. The regulator ...