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Increased scrutiny on private credit

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2022
... lender-friendly terms. While Schardt believes it's a great time to be lending, he said that Hamilton Lane is placing an increased scrutiny on asset quality, resilient capital structures through cycles and general partner selection. The key company characteristics ...

Experts weigh in on Brookfield bid for Origin

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... Experts that spoke with FS Sustainability raised a number of concerns about the transaction, including losing public scrutiny over company strategy via privatisation and concerns that MidOcean's strategy for APLNG would come into conflict with Australia's ...

AFA posts $273,135 operational loss

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... pressures felt by members have been shared by key stakeholders who continue to be confronted with increased regulatory scrutiny, and pressure on profits. "Their ability to provide the same meaningful contributions as in previous years continued to be ...

Regulators to face committee scrutiny

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
The ACCC, APRA and ASIC will front the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics tomorrow to discuss super fund underperformance, greenwashing and the rise of finfluencers. In what will be the committee's first public hearings into the ...

Retail the next frontier for private markets: Preqin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... allocation, the company said. Preqin explained: "The implementation of the YFYS reforms have encouraged a higher level of scrutiny on the level of underlying fees that super funds are paying to investment managers. While this is no doubt a positive development ...

First Super: Merger pressure fizzles out

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... relative to other funds and administration fees, and he's not bothered by the increasing intensity of regulatory scrutiny. "Those who look after other people's retirement savings should be scrutinised," he says. Despite the performance test and ...

CALI progressing well: Mu

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... been doing a lot of heavy lifting for financial advisers, the life insurance industry also has been in a significant scrutiny and through a lot of change," he said. "We need to make sure that we are collectively working on these matters in an efficient ...

Active Super expands digital offering

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
... company Investment Control Systems' (ICS) cloud platform ATHENA, Active Super is providing a tool that allows greater scrutiny and transparency so members can see exactly where and how their money is invested. Active Super chief member experience and ...

Convicted former financial adviser banned for life

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... sector, Nesseim deliberately lied to ASIC, using fabricated evidence and lied under oath in an attempt to evade ASIC's scrutiny. "Where ASIC suspects someone has deliberately lied to us, either directly or by providing us with false documents, we will ...

MSCI launches emissions measuring tool

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... climate Eric Moen said the introduction of climate-related regulation paired with stakeholder demands are putting greater scrutiny on financial institutions to measure climate risk across their investment portfolios. "These institutions (such as banks ...