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Governance issues on the rise: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
In the six months from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025, the corporate watchdog received 9686 reports of misconduct (ROMs), raising 13,036 issues, new data from ASIC shows. ASIC said the increase in ROMs was driven largely by corporate governance concerns ...

Sequoia weighs InterPrac's fate, launches review

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
Following the demise of the Shield and First Guardian master funds, regulatory pressure and being blacklisted from several platforms, Sequoia Financial Group is now reviewing the viability of InterPrac Financial Planning. Sequoia managing director and ...

UniSuper faces fresh greenwashing allegation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... adequately informed; the fund sent an email saying it had made changes but required members to click through to a PDF of a notice to read what the changes were in detail and there was no simple summary provided. In response, UniSuper said: "The Global ...

Equity Trustees places superannuation arm under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
As it continues to face scrutiny over the Shield and First Guardian collapses, Equity Trustees has commenced a strategic review of its superannuation business. As part of its half year results announcement this morning, Equity Trustees said it is reviewing ...

ASIC fines Fundhost for misleading fund performance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
Fundhost has paid $19,800 to comply with an infringement notice issued by ASIC for making false or misleading representations about the performance of the Polen Capital Global Growth Fund. Fundhost is the responsible entity of the Polen Capital Global ...

ASIC reviews lead generators again, names advisers using them

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... services of lead generators acting in this way, share this risk," the regulator said. "ASIC is putting participants on notice and will consider taking enforcement action where we detect evidence of contraventions of the law." In early 2024, ASIC conducted ...

Petra Capital fined over misreporting of 15k trades

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... was "significant". Petra has subsequently complied and paid the infringement in full. Compliance with the infringement notice is not an admission of guilt or liability, and by doing so, Petra Capital is not taken to have contravened subsection 798H (1) ...

Australian Unity cops fine for TMD, DDO failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... sufficiently seriously," the judge said. Following the decision, Australian Unity was made to display an adverse publicity notice on the fund's website. In considering the penalty, Justice Moshinsky took into account AUFM's processes and governance ...

BPS Financial fined $14m over Qoin Wallet

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... financial services business without an AFSL for 10 years. The court ordered that BPS Financial publish an adverse publicity notice on the Qoin Wallet platform and take steps to request the publisher of 'qoin.com' website also publish this notice. Also ...

EQT stands firm on defence, blames ASIC, third parties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
Equity Trustees (EQT) is standing firm on defending itself against culpability for the Shield Master Fund collapse and ensuing investor losses, blaming ASIC for not doing its job, as well as third-party providers for their failures. Releasing its Summary ...