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AFCA temporarily reinstates UGC to address complaints

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... Guardian Master Fund. UGC was expelled from AFCA membership in May 2025 after entering liquidation and cancellation of its AFS licence. However, many consumers were unable to lodge complaints in time as they did not understand the connection between ...

Crypto providers to hold AFSL under proposed laws

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
The government is inviting industry feedback on its proposed legislation to develop a fit-for-purpose digital asset regime to better regulate platforms that hold digital assets. The draft legislation introduces two new financial products within the ...

Federal court slams director for 'fanciful' asset valuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
The Federal Court has disqualified Queensland-based director David Hodgson from managing corporations for five years and permanently restrained him from engaging in financial services without an Australian financial services licence (AFSL). This comes ...

MHC Digital partners to launch stablecoin platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
MHC Digital Group has entered a 50/50 joint venture with Catena Digital to launch Macropod, Australia's first fully licensed, AUD-backed stablecoin platform. Through the platform, it will issue its stablecoin at 1:1 against Australian dollars held in ...

ASIC makes 'first-of-its-kind' exemption to broaden digital asset access

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
ASIC has granted class relief for intermediaries engaging in the secondary distribution of a stablecoin issued by a licensed issuer. Unlike commonly known cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, a stablecoin, where some are considered a financial product under ...

ASIC sets sights on 140 advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
ASIC deputy commissioner Sarah Court told a parliamentary committee this morning that the regulator has identified around 140 financial advisers who were involved in super switching misconduct relating or similar to Shield and First Guardian. "We had ...

ANZ fined $240m for bond trading, retail misconduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
ANZ has copped a whopping $240 million fine for bank-wide "unconscionable conduct" that includes admitting it was guilty of misleading the government over the $14 billion bond scandal. The misconduct relates to five separate matters spanning the retail ...

ASIC lands special leave against Block Earner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
ASIC is persevering in its crusade against Block Earner with the Federal Court granting a special leave to appeal an April decision that found that an AFSL was not necessary to offer a fixed-yield digital asset-related product. ASIC said its appeal ...

Equity Trustees defies ASIC Shield Master Fund allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
Equity Trustees (EQT) vows to defend itself against ASIC's lawsuit alleging it failed superannuation trustee duties over the collapse of the Shield Master Fund, as details emerge of how one of its analysts red flagged the product but was allegedly ...

ASIC piles more charges on Merhi

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
ASIC has heaped more allegations against former financial adviser Ferras Merhi, claiming he engaged in "unconscionable conduct" related to the First Guardian Master Fund and Shield Master Fund that has put more than $520 million on the line. ASIC said ...