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Equip Super appoints chief risk officer

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... operational resilience, during her four years at the super fund, Cheong has been responsible for embedding risk management practices across the organisation and advancing the maturity of company risk culture. She succeeds Natalie Alford, who spent eight ...

FAAA award finalists named

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... from Prominent Financial Services. The coveted FAAA Professional Practice of the Year Award will go to one of three practices: Boutique Advisers, Oxlade Financial, or WARR HUNT. Evalesco Financial Services' Melody Edwards, Lume Wealth's Morgan Hayward ...

ASIC report a 'solid point of reference' for private credit guardrails

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... by operators. Responding to the findings, Frontier Advisors said it is good to see a light being shone on some of the practices - something it has been working to do for some time. For example, the report flagged fee structures where managers are using ...

Concentration of private credit sector a concern: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... should implement industry standards that align with international best practice. "Enhanced standards are needed to lift practices across the sector. They will help promote confidence, improve market integrity and empower investors to make informed decisions," ...

ASIC issues interim stop orders to La Trobe Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... surveillance of private credit managers and their retail products, focused on fund transparency, governance, valuation practices, management of conflicts of interest and fair treatment of investors. On September 3, La Trobe said it was revising the Product ...

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... says. "I don't understand why advice firms grow their businesses in the darkness of night. We need to share best practices more between ourselves. Any data breach hurts us all. "Cybersecurity is critical given it is a fundamental pillar supporting ...

Zenith names portfolio solutions lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... rigorous and contemporary research to build resilient portfolios, and upholding strong risk management and governance practices in an increasingly complex and regulated environment." Zenith's portfolio solutions business has nearly $6 billion in funds ...

Insurers' approaches reinforcing mental health stigma: Life CCC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... mental health disclosures and the outcomes of these cases, which in turn limit insurers' ability to evaluate their practices, identify systemic issues, and improve. "Better data is critical to gaining meaningful insights. And these insights can inform ...

ANZ fined $240m for bond trading, retail misconduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... terminated when the scandal came to light. APRA has also jumped on ANZ, worried about its non-financial risk management practices and forcing it to increase its capital add-on to $750 million. ASIC chair Joe Longo slammed the bank for "fundamental issues" ...

ASIC takes aim at super, private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... "This is assisting us to better understand current disclosure, distribution, conflicts of interest, valuation, conduct practices and use of ratings in the sector," she said. "The early indications from our surveillance report that we'll be releasing ...