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ASIC eyeing advisers recommending private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland has told an industry event that the regulator is keeping an eye on the private credit sector, with increased surveillance continuing in 2026. "On the retail side, this surveillance will look at disclosures of fees and ...

ASX suffers another outage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... comes after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and ASIC calling out the exchange numerous times throughout the year for poor practices. In September, the RBA released its 2025 Assessment of the ASX Clearing and Settlement (CS) Facilities, slamming the ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... recently told the AgriCoach podcast. In economic theory, Bennett's Law states that as people earn more money, become less poor and move into the middle class, they tend to move away from starchy foods such as sorghum, millet, cereals and rice, and ...

DC funds "leaving member money on the table": Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... still a long way to go, Urwin commented. The study corroborated this, with 47% of peers indicated that DC funds have done a poor job in providing bespoke retirement income profiles to meet individual member needs. While 23% answered neutrally on the ...

Super moves: ART, AustralianSuper, Rest, Unisuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
Australian Retirement Trust's former private equity lead Adam Murphy has joined the Dilmon family office of former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Dilmon has recently been expanding its global presence and recruiting a multi-strategy ...

ASIC not acting as a 'market maker': Constant

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant said superannuation funds are working well with the regulator in terms of their investments in private markets, but said as whole, more needs to be done by all large investors. Constant said the regulator's increased ...

Quant investing bounces back post Trump whipsaw

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... and that's when this style of trading can hit a setback," she said. Haslinger noted that while the second quarter was poor for trend investing on Trump's policies, it has rebounded quickly. The ECCM Systematic Trend Fund delivered a return of ...

SQM Research faces court over 'favourable' rating of Shield

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... accurately," Court said. "We believe research houses are important gatekeepers and form part of a critical line of defence against poor quality investments or unsuitable products. "Given the important role research houses play in rating funds and investments ...

Interprac sued over Shield, First Guardian failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... regulator said it was because of "critical oversight and compliance failures" by Interprac that thousands of Australians received poor financial advice, putting their retirement savings at significant risk. At 10.20am, following ASIC's announcement ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... financial services laws in the newly released Report 820: Private credit surveillance: retail and wholesale funds. Common poor practices include fund managers reporting low levels of default ranging from zero defaults to 6% of the loan book. There are ...