Financial advisers and APRA-regulated super funds will be among those required to cover the shortfall of the CSLR special ...

Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, the Magnificent 7 companies have accounted for more than half the S&P 500 Index ...

The growth and popularity of broad-based equity market ETFs have paved the way for a burgeoning range of innovative fixed ...

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Morningstar’s Australian arm will start offering paid product ratings, dropping a core business philosophy that separated it from the local market. Starting from June 2026, fund managers or financial ...

Insignia Financial chief executive Scott Hartley believes the pressure of reactionary regulatory reform due to the collapse of the Shield and First Guardian master funds means the financial advice ...

Despite ASIC’s action on Shield and First Guardian, lead generation services are still in operation, presenting a danger to the $4.4 trillion superannuation system. Two separate investigations ...

ASIC Commissioner Alan Kirkland believes the regulator moved quickly after it had enough evidence on the misappropriation of investor money in Shield and First Guardian. “We moved relatively quickly ...

The liquidators of the First Guardian Master Fund believe it will be 18 months before distributions are made to creditors or unitholders with only $1.6 million recovered so far. An updated report on ...

This event is open to CEOs and senior leaders of financial planning licensees, dealer groups and boutique advice firms, along with C-suite executives in superannuation funds with oversight of advice, ...