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SMC makes recommendations to safeguard super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... on the MoneySmart website. Fifth, for ASIC to comprehensively review its conflicted remuneration guidance considering practices highlighted by the two collapses. Sixth, use data-driven surveillance to monitor risk in high rates of super switching or ...

ASIC not acting as a 'market maker': Constant

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... has grown around 500% in a decade. "Put that growth rate, put the risks if we get this wrong and our kind of poorer practices that we've seen in the surveillance report, some of our enforcement work is showing that, like the risk of harm, together with ...

Top fund scoops up APRA's investment risk chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... division and reviews investment governance across super and insurance funds, as well as advising on investment and risk practices with system-wide implications. According to the regulator, Stewart has extensive experience managing multi-asset portfolios ...

APRA to continue crackdown on super fund expenditure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... areas the regulator felt needed improvement. "We expect trustees to have reviewed and compared [this] against their own practices. We've also made it clear that where those practices fall short of legal requirements, APRA will use the full range ...

Super good for financial stability, for now: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... meet liquidity calls. Despite concerns, Jones said there has been a "significant uplift" in liquidity risk management practices across the sector. "On the whole, I think the general sense of regulators is it's been a bit uneven, though. So, some ...

Industry bodies offer Payday Super resources

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... employers clean up their data. The next phase will involve testing new systems and processes and reviewing new business practices against the ATO's new compliance guidelines. "The key risks here will be system bottlenecks, and inconsistent interpretations ...

Advice industry under strain amid crisis of inefficiencies: Elemnta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... including the misconception of time spent in non-advice operations and providers' inefficiencies. Currently, advice practices estimate that they are only spending 45% of their time on non-advice operations, including time spent on implementation, compliance ...

Ascalon Capital acquires Evergreen Consultants

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... model brings together institutional discipline and practical support, giving advisers confidence their portfolios and practices are positioned for long-term success. Welcoming Angela and her team also reflects our focus on attracting high-calibre professionals ...

Metrics supports efforts to raise standards in private credit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... said that while it has conviction in the quality of its credit risk management capability, it will continue to augment practices in line with industry practice and in consideration of ASIC commentary. It highlighted the establishment of a capital and ...

Private credit funds downplay risks, pose risk to financial system: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... services laws in the newly released Report 820: Private credit surveillance: retail and wholesale funds. Common poor practices include fund managers reporting low levels of default ranging from zero defaults to 6% of the loan book. There are inconsistent ...