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APRA slaps additional licence conditions on HTFS Nominees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... monitoring and reporting frameworks around investment performance and risk. HTFS Nominees' management of conflicts of interest is also questionable, with APRA saying it lacks key decision-makers who hold senior leadership positions within the parent ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... risk, and they are the ones who will lose the money on it," she says. Torrington says his rule to manage conflicts of interest is simple: external fund trustee, external fund administrator and external and independent valuations. With 90% of its private ...

FSC ups expectations on platform trustees' governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... the option's distribution profile and growth dynamics, how the issuer or responsible entity manages conflicts of interest, and consider any external research or ratings of the product. The FSC also wants to see the ongoing monitoring of options' ...

ASIC bans another MWL adviser

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... financial product, with no meaningful track record, was not intended to be a complete investment program and had conflicts of interest tainting its governance," ASIC said. Lofthouse was authorised by MWL from 10 August 2022 to 25 November 2022. After ...

APRA imposes additional licence conditions on Fiducian

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... noted deficiencies in board governance and oversight. APRA said Fiducian lacked management of potential conflicts of interest, particularly in relation to related-party service providers that advise investment options made available on the platform. ...

Research reveals 'alarming spike' in super switching

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... lives," SMC said. In response, SMC is calling for a strong package of consumer protections that remove any conflicts of interest - including eradicating any hidden paydays - wherever they arise in the chain of complex entities across super, investment ...

SMSF advice requires specialist skills, professional judgement: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... comply with the best interests duty, while some licensees had inadequate pre-vetting procedures to manage conflicts of interest. "We don't like seeing any cases of inappropriate advice involving self-managed super funds. We hope this report does ...

ASIC imposes licence conditions on Cambridge Mercantile

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... total millions of dollars. ASIC further found the firm failed to maintain adequate arrangements to manage conflicts of interest, including remuneration arrangements for its representatives, and that it failed to maintain adequate risk management systems ...

SEC slams proxy adviser 'oligopoly,' urges AI use

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... exclusive benefit of plan participants," Daly said in a speech. "However, this common-sense position on conflicts of interest (which was picked up by the SEC and enshrined in our 2003 proxy voting rule) metastasised over time across the regulatory landscape. ...

Diversa hit with additional licence conditions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... Diversa's onboarding processes and practices, investment option monitoring and reporting, and management of conflicts of interest. Specifically, APRA said the review identified concerns regarding the onboarding of new investment options, including the ...
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