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Aussie private credit shows strength, lures offshore investors: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
... Navleen Prasad said the yearbook shows private capital is playing a bigger role in funding Australia's future, but that regulatory friction and uncompetitive policy settings risk pushing investment offshore. "Other countries are falling over backwards ...

Rest strengthens investment approach, digital member services

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... Matrix, while focusing on transparency, controls, and operational resilience in line with the super fund's growth and regulatory obligations, it said. Rest general manager, investment operations Joseph Youssef said Rimes' platform will accentuate the ...

FSC ups expectations on platform trustees' governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... governance and regulation in the platform sector." "This is a substantial body of work that will complement sensible regulatory and legislative reforms which the government is currently consulting on." The standard applies to all full FSC members who ...

IFPA chief executive to exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... in a statement to Financial Standard. "Financial services in Australia is at a genuinely pivotal inflection point. Regulatory evolution, technological change, and growing public scrutiny of the profession are all creating pressure, but also real opportunity. ...

HESTA taps ESSSuper head as next chief executive

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... extensive experience across executive and chief executive roles, leading organisations, big and small, through complex regulatory, operational and investment environments to deliver better outcomes for members," Roxon said. Campo said she feels privileged ...

FEATURE: Private equity | Time to deploy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... 200 closed out 2022 down more than 5%. Smith says the valuation technique is "extremely robust", especially given the regulatory requirements that have existed for some time in Europe. "When we launched our evergreen fund, we switched the frequency of ...

Treasury mulls increased powers for TPB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
Treasury is seeking feedback on draft legislation that would give the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) stronger regulatory powers and enable greater sanctions. The draft legislation proposes to introduce criminal penalties for unregistered tax return preparers ...

Australia is 'laissez-faire' on eligibility for semi-liquid investments: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... becoming increasingly acquainted with semi-liquid structures, the story is vastly different here in Australia due to its regulatory landscape, Morningstar said. Morningstar's Demystifying Semiliquid Fund Structures - An Asia-Pacific Perspective report ...

ASIC acts against another former FSGA adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
An adviser that ASIC said was experienced enough to know better than to advise clients to invest in Shield and First Guardian has been banned for five years. Shane Monte Silva failed to act in certain clients' best interests when he told them to switch ...

Foreign resident CGT rules up for consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
Treasury is tightening the rules around capital gains tax (CGT) to ensure foreign residents pay their fair share of tax in Australia. The draft law broadens and clarifies the definition of Taxable Australian Real Property (TARP) and introduces a definition ...