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Private credit, auditor misconduct and super trustees have been listed among ASIC’s priorities as the regulator unveils its top focus points for the coming year. ...
Financial planning
ASIC has launched legal action in the Federal Court against SQM Research and Interprac Financial Planning, citing alleged failures related to the Shield and First Guardia...
Financial planning
Vital Business Partners has thrown its support behind ASIC’s review of advice businesses’ use of offshore service providers, urging business to reassess their own set-ups...
Funds management
ASIC has released a new regulatory guide for exchange-traded products (ETPs), including ETFs, on the back of significant growth in the market. ...
Funds management
Private markets funds with “unattractive practices” could find themselves facing enforcement activity with ASIC chair Joe Longo stating he cannot rule it out in the futur...
Funds management
Despite ASIC concerns about private credit funds being accessed via the advised channel, there are questions regarding how high its usage actually is among financial advi...
Funds management
Distribution of private credit funds through advised channels to retail investors will be an ASIC priority for 2026 as it releases the results of its thematic fund survei...
Financial planning
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a Melbourne-based managed investment scheme operator over a failure to pay industry levies and meet its statutory audit and financial repor...
Financial planning
Unregistered managed investment scheme operator Chris Marco has been sentenced after being found guilty of 43 fraud charges, receiving the highest sentence imposed by an ...
Financial planning
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of Sydney-based Arrumar Private after it failed to comply with the conditions of its licence. ...
Financial planning
ASIC has banned a former AFSL director after he failed to adequately address fees-for-no-service conduct by one of his firm’s representatives....
Financial planning
The former licensee of Anthony Del Vecchio, a Melbourne adviser sentenced for a $4.5 million theft, has seen its AFSL cancelled by ASIC after a payment by the Compensatio...
Financial planning
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser who gave inappropriate advice to his clients including false and misleading Statements of Advice....
Funds management
With ASIC questioning the dominance of research houses when it comes to retail usage of private market funds, a research house has shared how its ranking process sits alo...
Funds management
A fourth private credit fund has received interim stop orders from ASIC following the regulator’s surveillance review....
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