A judge has frozen the assets of former Keystone director Paul Chiodo’s company and ruled in ASIC’s favour that administrators can be appointed to wind up the firm. ...
ASIC has released the percentage of candidates who passed its August financial advice exam with the volume dropping to the lowest since November 2022....
ASIC has identified three situations where it may be difficult for a licensee to assess an adviser’s qualifications and provided case studies of how they should be tackle...
A former Melbourne financial planner, Bradley Grimm, has been sentenced for dishonest conduct regarding the transfer of self-managed super fund assets....
The Financial Services and Credit Panel has made its latest two determinations, one regarding possible breaches of conflicted remuneration and the second about non-compli...
Amid concerns that smaller AFSLs may be flying under the enforcement radar, the corporate regulator has clarified how self-licensed advice firms are monitored and whether...
A former director of Sydney-based Courtenay House has been sentenced in the Supreme Court of NSW for his role in the operation of a Ponzi scheme....
The land Down Under has been recognised as an APAC hub for alternatives investment, Preqin finds, amid ASIC’s planned crackdown on private markets....
ASIC is piloting a new portal to simplify the process of applying for an Australian financial services licence with the expectation of a formal launch in the first quarte...
Two victims of Ben Jayaweera, who was sentenced to 12 years in jail this week, described the fraud as “truly heartbreaking” after they lost $260,000 at his hands....
A former Brisbane financial adviser has been sentenced after being found guilty of a $5.9 million fraud, with the judge describing his actions as “brazen, gross and callo...
A former Brisbane financial adviser has been found guilty of 28 counts of fraud where his clients lost $5.9 million....
A wide range of strategic priorities are set to fall under the corporate regulator’s enforcement spotlight in the next 12 months, including the risk management and data s...
After an adviser received a warning from the FSCP about their Record of Advice usage, when is the correct time for it to be used with clients?...
A former strategy manager at suspended financial services business BBY has been sentenced for aiding and abetting dishonest conduct. ...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...