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Compliance news and analysis for Australian financial advisers, covering ASIC, AFCA, and emerging regulatory requirements.
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"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...
The ghost in the machine: How Australia's financial advice framework protects everyone except consumers
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) levy notices arrived quietly in advisers' inboxes this year, like parking fines for someone else's car crash. For...
Elephant leans on Shield/First Guardian dam wall, cracks it
Macquarie Investment Management has bowed to ASIC pressure and agreed to compensate fully the $321 million in losses its super fund members lost in the...
No more discussion: REs and managed funds must act on ASIC’s compliance-plan review
ASIC has uncovered widespread failings in the compliance frameworks of responsible entities (REs) overseeing nearly $1 trillion in managed funds. Firms have...
EOFY on the horizon? Top five practical tips for advisers
The end of the financial year is here. For many it is a flurry of activity and last-minute scrambling. For financial advisers, this is the time to shine. This...
ASIC right to get to grips with private markets
The release of a landmark report by corporate and financial regulator the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) into the nation’s rapidly...
SOA much more to advice than just the statement
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” While not known for his financial advice, Mike Tyson’s famous quote likely resonates with those...
Like Melbourne weather, adviser education standards change again
Not happy with the government's settings on adviser education standards? Well, wait five minutes and they'll change. Is the latest change a return to the bad...
Good roadmap needed for updated AML law
In September last year, the Australian government fixed a glaring anomaly in the country’s laws, under which Australia had embarrassingly fallen short of...