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ASIC issues more stop orders amid private credit crackdown

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
ASIC has made an interim stop order on the product disclosure statement (PDS) issued by Australian Secure Capital Fund (ASCF) offering units in three registered managed investment schemes. The interim stop order stops ASCF from offering, issuing, selling ...

ASIC appoints receivers to Star Investment Group

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2026
... preserve assets and protect investors while its investigation continued. The court's earlier asset preservation disclosure and travel restraint orders made on September 15 remain in place. The matter has now been adjourned to a date yet to be fixed. ...

HESTA lowers investment fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2026
... investment options for the 2025/26 financial year. The changes, reflected in HESTA Super's updated 30 September Product Disclosure Statement, show investment fees and costs for the default MySuper Balanced Growth option, where most of the fund's ...

FEATURE | Nature risk | Paved paradise

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 OCT 2026
The central highlands of Victoria teem with lush Eucalytpus regnans or mountain ash, the world's tallest flowering plants, which are also native to Tasmania. Researchers from the Australian National University found that mountain ash also possesses ...

Metrics freezes redemptions behind listed funds as audit stalls

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
... what they were exposed to and how it would respond to a test. "This is why we have repeatedly called for effective disclosure and consistency of terms." Investment services provider Ord Minnett said whilst the news of a material difference in audited ...

ASIC halts Remara's private credit products for TMD deficiencies

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
... orders for 21 days unless revoked earlier. During this time, MSC will cease dealing in interests, issuing a product disclosure statement for, or providing general financial product advice to retail clients recommending an investment in, the fund's products. ...

'Beyond warnings': ASIC to come down heavy on private credit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... poor private credit practices. The collapse of Bathla reinforces why strong governance, effective oversight, clear disclosure and accurate valuations are critical." ASIC recently put the sector on notice, calling on funds to ensure their June 30 asset ...

Sequoia plots potential restructure

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... a "properly informed" market. "Sequoia will continue to keep the market informed in accordance with its continuous disclosure obligations," Sequoia said. Sequoia operates in financial services, media, superannuation and professional services, including ...

'Easy peasy, done': Senate rips Equity Trustees' checklist governance

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
... a beneficiary in those schemes. We were obviously misled, and that money was not invested according to the product disclosure statements. Our process isn't a checklist process." Replay of the hearing can be found here.

Three super funds fined for misleading investment options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... This action forms part of the regulator's duty to hold superannuation trustees to account for member services and disclosure failures and to reinforce the importance of accurate and consistent investment disclosures. "Getting these basics right is ...
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