ASIC has cancelled the Australian Financial Services Licence of MWL Financial Services and banned MWL’s director Nicholas Maikousis for 10 years over conduct in relation ...
With licensee switching on the rise, particularly for newer advisers, compliance expert Sean Graham has shared red flags to watch out for when making the jump between AFS...
For foreign fund managers looking to come to Australia, a financial services law firm has shared which regulatory option offers them the quickest pathway?...
Two law firms have highlighted licensees’ responsibility to ensure they have sufficient cyber security measures in light of the enforcement action against Fortnum Private...
A former licensee director, who failed to report an adviser’s fee-for-no-service conduct, has been banned for three years by ASIC. ...
Having proposed changes earlier this year, ASIC has clarified how it will support licensees with additional relief under the reportable situations regime....
ASIC has sent warning notices to social media finfluencers who it suspects are providing unlicensed financial advice to Australians as part of a global crackdown by inter...
Advisers may think they are being compliant with the regulation but for their clients, it is often communication that can cause the biggest headache in their adviser rela...
The corporate regulator has uncovered widespread failings in the compliance frameworks of responsible entities overseeing nearly $1 trillion in managed funds, warning tha...
Those mid-sized licensees with 16–50 authorised representatives are experiencing a blind spot, according to compliance firm Assured Support, and ASIC could develop specif...
The latest annual compliance survey from law firm Holley Nethercote has found licensees are reducing their annual compliance spending, but future DBFO reform could see th...
The Australian Institute of Company Directors has shared which issues are keeping financial services directors up at night, and how they compare to the sentiment of direc...
Financial services consultancy Assured Support has appointed a new chairman to its advisory board, who previously served as Count’s chair and chief executive of the FPA....
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...
Bennelong Funds Management chief executive, John Burke, has shared the firm’s priorities for 2025 including offering its responsible entity service to third parties....
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?...