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The Federal Court has made interim orders to freeze the assets of a managed investment scheme, its responsible entity, and a director....
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The Federal Court has frozen the assets of two individuals, Ferras Merhi and Osama Saad, for their connections to the troubled Shield Master Fund. ...
Funds management
ASIC has warned Australian retail investors there “will be product failures” in the private credit space as the assets are untested for a large-scale stress event, but ha...
Financial planning
Former financial adviser Bradley Grimm has lost his appeal to have his sentence overturned in the Supreme Court of Victoria after judges ruled the conditions were “lenien...
Financial planning
Following ASIC’s report into AFSLs’ adoption of AI last year, two DASH executives have urged financial advice practices to consider AI within their risk governance framew...
Financial planning
The corporate regulator has proposed additional relief for AFSLs under the reportable situations regime, with the FSC welcoming the changes to an “excessively burdensome”...
Financial planning
Former Sydney financial adviser, David Valvo, has been sentenced in court after pleading guilty to dishonest conduct....
Financial planning
The Financial Services and Credit Panel has cancelled the registration of an NSW adviser for two years as it felt he displayed a ‘level of incompetence’ in providing advi...
Financial planning
ASIC has cancelled its first AFSL of 2025, taking action against an advice licensee based in Sydney, NSW. ...
Financial planning
ASIC has taken action against a Queensland adviser who was sentenced last May for misappropriating $1.8 million from his clients....
Financial planning
Advice around a client’s concessional contribution cap was the reason for the latest written direction by the Financial Services and Credit Panel....
Financial planning
A former Perth financial adviser has pleaded guilty in court to stealing $1 million from his clients for his own benefit....
Financial planning
The levy payable by financial advisers for the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort has almost quadrupled for FY26 as the government launches a formal review....
Financial planning
The corporate regulator has announced its first adviser banning of the year with the permanent ban of a Queensland-based former adviser that was sentenced to seven years’...
Financial planning
With Sanlam Private Wealth coming under ASIC pressure regarding the number of responsible managers in its business, law firm Holley Nethercote explores what the role enta...
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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...