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ASIC welcomes support for simplifying guidance on conflicts of interest

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... proportionate and risk-based approach to their obligations and may assess their compliance with industry standards or practices if necessary. "Specifically, we will take industry standards or codes of conduct into account if the law or your AFS licence ...

ASX to undergo 'circuit breaker' reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... Clearing and Settlement subsidiaries and their required levels of investment. It also determined that existing supervisory practices have not achieved the desired outcomes. In response to the issues raised by the panel, ASIC proposed a series of actions ...

Hearts & Minds, WAM slash stakes in Corporate Travel Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... accommodation agency services provider has been suspended since late August following revelations of creative accounting practices stemming from its UK and Europe operations. Hearts & Minds Investments (HM1) has some 1.25 million shares in CTD, equating ...

Betashares-backed firm names inaugural managing partner

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... deliver these outcomes, and I look forward to deploying our growing institutional-grade capabilities to help advice practices take full advantage of the conducive environment for financial advice in Australia."

ASIC releases legal obligations for private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... standards. "This initiative complements issue of principles issued as a benchmark for firms to urgently assess its current practices, lifting them where necessary. This step will enhance trust and integrity in the private credit fund sector," ASIC said. ...

Morningstar moves to pay-for-play model

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... issuers will pay a fee to the research house for a rating. Morningstar said this is consistent with the prevailing market practices for ratings in Australia and the model will be applicable to Australia and New Zealand. It also added that its existing ...

Benchmark report reveals crucial blind spots in whistleblower protections

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... over 8095 disclosures throughout the period - found there is significant variation in the maturity of whistleblower practices. Over one third (36%) did not provide a dedicated whistleblower web page for raising concerns, and 20% did not provide a dedicated ...

ASIC eyeing advisers recommending private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... continuing in 2026. "On the retail side, this surveillance will look at disclosures of fees and margins, and the distribution practices of private credit funds to retail investors, with a specific focus on the adviser channel," Kirkland said. "We want ...

Advisers acquired 300k new clients in 2025: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... retirement planning, and managing debt," Cappe said. Of the 7549 survey participants, Investment Trends calculated that practices have five or more advisers on their books and they serve about 100 clients on average.

ASX suffers another outage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... 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 market ...