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ICS secures mandate for UK specialist fund manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2026
... insights that "were previously out of reach". Impax will also benefit from enhanced monitoring of data licence cost and governance controls from the mandate. The move reflects a deliberate investment in infrastructure that ensures data quality, governance ...

Natixis IM appoints head of wholesale distribution

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
... investment managers, underpinned by the operational excellence required to support our clients across their investment and governance needs." Natixis IM's Australian wholesale offering currently includes managed funds and active ETFs managed by affiliates ...

ASIC makes first move since putting private credit on notice

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2026
... credit practices including retail private credit funds". The 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 ...

MaxCap appoints chief executive

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026
... significant operational and structural enhancements, with a particular focus on MaxCap's financial performance, governance and risk management. Australia's private credit sector has been in the radar of the corporate regulator since last year ...

ETF adoption hits 'meaningful threshold' among SWFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... institutions building portfolios intended to absorb shocks and remain functional across a range of scenarios." "The governance and operational dimensions of resilience are receiving increased attention alongside the portfolio ones, with some institutions ...

Future Group to internalise super trustee structure

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... Group in the next stage of its growth journey by leveraging WTW's strong history in the sector to build its future governance model, the group said. Stewarda will be chaired by former ASIC deputy chair Jeremy Cooper, joined by Keri Pratt; Shailendra ...

Mercer Super fined $10.3m for reportable situations failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... relevant period, being 1 October 2021 and 30 September 2024. One key limitation of Mercer's incident system was its governance, risk and compliance (GRC) database, where incidents were recorded, assessed and tracked, lacked the functionality to identify ...

ASIC calls out platform trustees: 'Clear breach of trust'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... wake of the First Guardian and Shield Master Fund collapses, alerting them to the need to strengthen their investment governance processes. Since then, APRA has imposed five trustees with additional licence conditions for weak, ill-defined and inconsistent ...

HMC Capital wins $1.3bn private credit insto mandate

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... institutional grade platform, with more than 70 investment professionals providing deep in-house capability and market leading governance." HMC recently also partnered with global private equity firm KKR to receive $603 million for the HMC Energy Transition ...

Corruption, governance risks: The cost of doing business in emerging markets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
Beyond a governance issue, corruption is a major deterrence to capital flows, undermines long-term development and carries crippling social costs. Seasoned investors, though, are quick to challenge the notion that corruption and governance risks are ...