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ASIC imposes licence conditions on Cambridge Mercantile

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... conflicts of interest, including remuneration arrangements for its representatives, and that it failed to maintain adequate risk management systems and adequate human resources to carry out supervision, compliance, and risk management functions. Finally ...

Another MWL Financial Services adviser banned

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... some clients invest most of their superannuation into the Shield Master Fund (Shield), all classes of which were deemed high risk. Finding McPherson to be not fit, not proper and not competent, and likely to contravene financial services law again, ASIC ...

RBA veteran leads AOFM review

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... microscope, including the development and implementation of its liquidity management strategy, and if its frameworks for risk management and compliance are fit for purpose. The review will also look at the external reporting and governance structures ...

Irish sovereign wealth fund mandates four managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... contributions from the government. For the ICNF, the benchmark is 100% fixed income which, over time, will become 90% public low-risk debt and cash and 10% public higher-risk debt. The ICNF has so far received about $7.5 billion in government contributions. ...

NSW government to turn deficit into surplus of over $1bn in FY28: TCorp

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
The NSW government's strategy of fiscal repair will see the state's forecast return to surplus in FY28, rising to $1.3 billion, TCorp's half-yearly budget review finds. The updated data revealed that the forecasted deficit for the current financial ...

Helen Lofthouse to exit ASX in May

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... leading the ASX through a challenging time and driving a significant uplift in its technology investment and delivery, and risk focus. "We will be looking for a new leader to extend the foundations built in recent years and drive the business forward ...

FIIG Securities fined $2.5m for lengthy cyber failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... leaked. ASIC brought its case against FIIG Securities in March 2025 after it found the firm failed to have adequate cyber risk management systems in place for about four years to June 2023. As a result, between 19 May 2023 and 8 June 2023, a hacker was ...

Institutional investors' risk appetite trends down: State Street

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
According to the State Street Risk Appetite Index, investor appetite declined to zero in January 2026, from a +0.36 reading in December 2025. Despite a strong pick-up in institutional risk exposure towards mid-January, uncertainty around Federal Reserve ...

Treasury to reform managed investment scheme governance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... concerns about the adequacy of the regulatory framework for MISs. "Common themes include concerns about the marketing of high-risk schemes to retail investors, conflicted financial advice, poor scheme governance, the competing interests that can exist ...

Aged care advice needs regulatory intervention: Research

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
In a new report, The risk of unrelated aged care advice: protecting older Australians and ensuring quality advice paper, Aged Care Steps identifies key issues with how aged care advice is being provided in Australia, calling for reform. Older Australians ...