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FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... US private credit space lends to a broad array of industries," Cousley says. He says the transparency and reporting standards in the US are generally more advanced than in Australia but notes this is now getting attention from ASIC. Investors in private ...

AustralianSuper kicks off $1.1bn UK living plan with acquisition

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... sector portfolio in prime university-anchored location. "Our focus is on delivering exceptional service and operational standards that meet the needs of today's students. This portfolio provides the platform with immediate cashflow as we seek to achieve ...

ASIC class relief for digital assets now effective

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2025/871 - registered on the same day - amends the ASIC Corporations (Custody Standards for Providers of Custodial and Depository Services) Instrument 2024/17 (Principal Instrument) to allow providers to hold ...

ASIC releases legal obligations for private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... refresh funds management regulatory guidance on a targeted basis and engage with industry bodies to enhance industry standards. "This initiative complements issue of principles issued as a benchmark for firms to urgently assess its current practices ...

68% pass financial adviser exam: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... and those training to become a relevant provider to pass the financial adviser exam to comply with the professional standards. A person training to become a relevant provider must pass the exam before they can be authorised by an AFS licensee as a provisional ...

TelstraSuper exec joins CFA Society board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... Australia serves over 3,500 investment professionals and more than 5,000 CFA Program candidates. The Society promotes high standards of ethics, education and professional excellence in Australia's investment profession. Volunteer directors play a ...

ASIC eyeing advisers recommending private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... estate lending. "Through this ongoing program of work, which will hopefully be complemented by industry efforts to lift standards, we hope that private credit will increasingly be done well in Australia, with benefits to individual investors and the ...

CareSuper exec joins Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... strengthening our risk and compliance frameworks. This appointment reflects our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of governance and protecting our members' interests," Seales said. As for Williamson, he told his LinkedIn network it ...

ASIC takes SMSF auditor to court for continuing work despite ban

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... of last year along with six other SMSF auditors for a range of concerns including breaches of auditing and assurance standards, breach of independence requirements, continuing professional development obligations, or for not being a fit and proper person ...

APRA's fresh guardrails to impact property investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... financial stability. "It is important to note we are currently not seeing signs of a broad-based deterioration in lending standards that we've seen in previous episodes of strong investor activity. At the moment, the aggregate level of high DTI lending ...