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Private credit funds downplay risks, pose risk to financial system: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... the nature of the underlying funds they invested in. ASIC also observed weak governance and poorly managed conflicts of interest that "risk harm to investors and confidence". Poor valuation practices are also common. For instance, less than half of the ...

Shield, First Guardian fallout calls for tougher scrutiny on research houses, licensee governance

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... should be unbiased, but if the manager is paying the research house, there's the potential for massive conflicts of interest. That's not to say all research is flawed, or that conflicts aren't correctly managed in many cases, but Shield and First ...

APRA updates governance framework

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... proceed. APRA said it will also clarify or adjust proposals relating to individual director skills, perceived conflicts of interest, and publication of registers of relevant interests and duties. APRA chair John Lonsdale said APRA remains committed to ...

ASIC issues interim stop orders to TruePillars

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... is concerned that the TruePillars PDSs may be omitting investment information, not adequately disclosing conflicts of interest, failing to adequately disclose risks associated with investments as well as the fees and costs, and contain misleading statements ...

ASIC targets potential vertical integration in managed accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... obligations and advice conduct obligations. Our surveillance will focus on governance frameworks, management of conflicts of interest, and outcomes for consumers," the report said. Some financial advisers who do not recommend managed accounts have voiced ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... of that," Spence says. "It's a huge attraction for people who want to do wrong. There were a lot of conflicts of interest with everybody involved; some of the super funds, the advice businesses, the research houses, the lead generators, which likely ...

ASIC raises alarm on auditor independence, conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
Too many auditors are failing the independence test and breaching conflicts of interest obligations, according to an ASIC investigation. A review of 15 audit firms saw nine did not meet rotation requirements while five of them had "relevant relationships" ...

Platform trustees told to improve investment governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... specification and implementation of investment holding limits; and policies for effectively management potential conflicts of interest, including structural separation where an option is managed by a related entity. When it comes to ongoing monitoring ...

Concentration of private credit sector a concern: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... concentration of investors using the wholesale sophisticated investor exemption, and with less transparency on conflicts of interest, manager remuneration disclosure, and valuations and portfolio reporting." In all, the interim report identifies four ...

ASIC issues interim stop orders to La Trobe Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... and their retail products, focused on fund transparency, governance, valuation practices, management of conflicts of interest and fair treatment of investors. On September 3, La Trobe said it was revising the Product Disclosure Statements for the Australian ...