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Advice veteran's exit creates $1bn Tassie wealth group

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2026
... great," he said. The two groups' investment and clients-first beliefs aligned. "Both firms operate free from conflicts of interest. The new combined firm, with its three offices, will definitely have some synergies that Michael Rowlands can take forward," ...

ASIC makes first move since putting private credit on notice

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2026
... heightened monitorisation highlights a fund's transparency, governance, valuation practices, management of conflicts of interest and fair treatment of investors, and is conducted as part of its response to Australia's evolving capital markets, ASIC said. ...

Treasury looks to reform regulation on consulting firms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
... from firms, including requiring them to receive a licence from ASIC and operational separation to reduce conflicts of interest. "We've seen a pattern of opportunistic and unethical and unfair behaviour in recent years from some of our largest accounting ...

Euroz Hartleys sells capital markets arm to Canada's BMO

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... Hartleys established an independent board committee of only independent and non-executive directors to assess conflicts of interest as two of the company's directors, McKenzie and Bunney, were expected to join BMO following completion of the deal. They ...

ASIC sues three Keystone Asset Management directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... abide to the "Shield Compliance Plan" by failing to obtain valuations of the assets of Shield and manage conflicts of interest involving Chiodo and Frolov. ASIC is also suing Frolov and Jeremy Danon, who were former compliance committee members of Shield ...

Former Brite Advisors responsible manager banned

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
... delegate and was based on findings that Duffy failed to disclose and manage actual, perceived or potential conflicts of interest and demonstrated a lack of honesty and integrity in responses given during examinations conducted under the ASIC Act. "In ...

APRA slaps additional licence conditions on HTFS Nominees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... monitoring and reporting frameworks around investment performance and risk. HTFS Nominees' management of conflicts of interest is also questionable, with APRA saying it lacks key decision-makers who hold senior leadership positions within the parent ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... risk, and they are the ones who will lose the money on it," she says. Torrington says his rule to manage conflicts of interest is simple: external fund trustee, external fund administrator and external and independent valuations. With 90% of its private ...

FSC ups expectations on platform trustees' governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... the option's distribution profile and growth dynamics, how the issuer or responsible entity manages conflicts of interest, and consider any external research or ratings of the product. The FSC also wants to see the ongoing monitoring of options' ...

ASIC bans another MWL adviser

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... financial product, with no meaningful track record, was not intended to be a complete investment program and had conflicts of interest tainting its governance," ASIC said. Lofthouse was authorised by MWL from 10 August 2022 to 25 November 2022. After ...