Practice Growth
Compliance news and analysis for Australian financial advisers, covering ASIC, AFCA, and emerging regulatory requirements.
- Amanda Mark
- Ben Walsh
- Catherine Evans
- Complii
- Contributor
- Cristina Lee
- Drew Meredith
- Giselle Roux
- Greg Bright
- Helen Nan
- Ishan Dan
- James Dunn
- Jamie Nemtsas
- Kevin Pelham
- Lachlan Maddock
- Laurence Parker-Brown
- Lisa Uhlman
- Nicholas Way
- Nicki Bourlioufas
- Sean Graham
- Staff Writer
- Tahn Sharpe
- The Inside Adviser
How growth turns Code of Ethics gaps into liability
The financial adviser Code of Ethics gaps that stay hidden at a small scale turn into live risks the moment a practice hires its next adviser, acquires a...
Good faith disclosure does not guarantee whistleblower protection
Whistleblower protection for financial advisers is not as automatic as many assume. Disclosing misconduct to a professional body carries no statutory cover,...
The APL Toll: How ‘SMA Research’ became a fee for admission
Why the fee that gets an SMA onto an approved product list is not research, and why that matters to licensees, advisers and regulators for different reasons.
Kodak didn’t die from the camera
The advice profession risks a Kodak moment, not from AI replacing advisers, but from relabelling structural conflicts until they appear manageable, while...
AML obligations are coming for financial advisers on 1 July. Are you ready?
Australia AML obligations for financial advisers expand on 1 July 2026. Routine tasks like setting up an SMSF or holding account authority may now trigger...
The July 1 deadline that could catch your practice off guard
Most advisers think AML/CTF is someone else’s problem. Kit Legal’s Catherine Evans explains how ignoring it risks penalties, inefficiency, and lost...
Turning compliance into a competitive advantage
While most practices treat compliance as a burden to manage, the fix is far simpler than most advisers realise.
The ongoing AML/CTF obligations many firms haven’t considered
AML/CTF compliance is not a one-off box-ticking exercise for advisers, lawyers and accountants, but a permanent discipline of spotting risk early, reporting...
The wholesale loophole: same game, different name
While much progress has been made in the professionalism of advice, Jamie Nemtsas argues that the wholesale loophole threatens to unravel the industry.
Even long-standing clients can create unexpected AML risk
Many advisers believe long relationships are their best defence against financial crime risk. Under the new AML framework, familiarity is no substitute for...
When ‘low-risk’ isn’t no-risk: the AML/CTF lessons professional advisers can’t ignore
With AML/CTF regulation expanding in 2026, Catherine Evans dismantles the dangerous myths that low-risk clients and good intentions are enough to keep...