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
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...
Kit Legal launches AML/CTF solution for advice firms
With Tranche 2 drawing closer and institutional counterparties already testing firms’ AML maturity, Kit Legal’s new framework quietly shifts a looming...
Compo scheme leaves advisers and their clients in the lurch – again
Every time there’s a financial implosion triggering a claim on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort, it’s the innocent left picking up the pieces. Even...
"Perfect storm" ahead for AFSLs in 2026
The next 12 months represents a significant regulatory challenge for Australian Financial Services Licensees (AFSLs). This is not a "business as usual"...
Mapping the maze: Frameworks, due diligence and the modern alternatives landscape
Perhaps the best way to categorise alternatives isn’t through asset-class labels, but through risk factors, and function.
Compliance is changing, and it could the biggest growth opportunity yet
If the past year has taught us anything, it’s this: the firms that are winning trust and ultimately market share are treating compliance as strategy, not...