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Diversa hit with additional licence conditions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... Diversa's onboarding processes and practices, investment option monitoring and reporting, and management of conflicts of interest. Specifically, APRA said the review identified concerns regarding the onboarding of new investment options, including the ...

Netwealth to spend $101m compensating First Guardian victims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... investment options; the triggers and controls it relied upon to monitor and review options; and management of conflicts of interest arising from outsourcing services to Netwealth Investments and other third parties. "While Netwealth has since made, and ...

Equity Trustees hit with additional licence conditions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... criteria and due diligence, as well as investment option monitoring and reporting frameworks, and management of conflicts of interest," APRA said. Specifically, APRA's review of ETSL identified several concerns including onboarding of new investment ...

ASIC welcomes support for simplifying guidance on conflicts of interest

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
ASIC has made changes to the regulatory guidance on managing conflicts of interest for Australian financial services licence (AFSL) holders, with the changes informed by its surveillance of private markets. The updated Regulatory Guide 181 AFS Licensing ...

ASIC releases legal obligations for private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... are provided efficiently, honestly and fairly; have in place adequate arrangements for the management of conflicts of interest; comply with conditions on the AFSL; comply with financial services laws; have adequate resources to provide those financial ...

ASIC eyeing advisers recommending private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... quality of their advice." Kirkland said the regulator was also planning to look at fees, margin structures and conflicts of interest in the management of wholesale private credit funds, with a particular focus on real estate lending. "Through this ongoing ...

ASIC to monitor union redundancy funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... property on trust, make fund information publicly available, prepare audited financial statements and manage conflicts of interest. To assist fund operators, in early 2026, ASIC aid it will release further information on the transitional arrangements ...

CalSTRS secures US$190m settlement against Meta

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... designated committee of the board. It will also adopt an independent director code of conduct that covers conflicts of interest, confidentiality, compliance with laws and regulation, and illegal behaviour. Meta also agreed to amend its director-level ...

Magellan global equities lead exits amid investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... Magellan, dated November 17, Morningstar said the group is exposed to several ESG risks, "such as data breaches, conflicts of interest or misconduct that could result in loss of customer trust, regulatory actions or litigations". "We don't believe ...

Majority of SMSF establishments based on bad advice: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... assessment of financial products. They also did not give priority to the interests of clients where there were conflicts of interest, including in relation to advice to establish an SMSF to acquire off-the-plan properties through limited recourse borrowing ...