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ASIC issues $2.2m infringement notices

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
Following a three-month surveillance, ASIC has issued infringement notices to 12 large proprietaries companies for failing to lodge their FY24 audited financial reports on time. The household names facing infringement notices include Aje Hold, Bing ...

HESTA's admin move results in extra licence conditions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... extra conditions follow action against HESTA by ASIC last month, in which the super fund was fined $40,000 for greenwashing. ASIC said between 15 April 2021 to 18 December 2024, HESTA placed paid advertisements on the Google and Bing search platforms ...

ASIC class relief for digital assets now effective

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
ASIC has successfully introduced two instruments on the Federal Register of Legislation relating to reliefs for secondary distribution of eligible digital assets and the omnibus account structures for those that are classified as financial products. ...

Diversa to 'vigorously defend' ASIC allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... million of member money to the failed First Guardian Master Fund, arguing the managed investment scheme was "fraudulent." ASIC has thrown a slew of allegations at Diversa, starting with failing to conduct adequate due diligence before allowing its members ...

ASIC takes action on Spice Capital Partners, founder

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
ASIC is taking further action against Spice Capital Partners and its founder Colin Oxlade for providing unlicensed financial services and financial product advice that ultimately raised nearly $2 million from investors. ASIC alleges that Oxlade, who ...

Mulino taps super sector to help pay CSLR special levy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Daniel Mulino has suggested including APRA-regulated superannuation funds in the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) as the 2026 special levy has blown out to $47.3 million. Mulino added ...

ASIC sues Diversa for First Guardian failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
ASIC is suing Diversa Trustees for its role in the collapse of the First Guardian Master Fund, in which $300 million of member money was invested. In the Federal Court, ASIC put forth several allegations, starting with Diversa failing to conduct adequate ...

ASIC releases legal obligations for private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
ASIC has released a catalogue summarising key legal obligations and regulatory guidance for private credit fund operators, as the regulator continues to keep an eye on the sector. ASIC said the catalogue should assist private credit fund operators in ...

1659 First Guardian, Shield complaints reach AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... the total as at December 3. AFCA did not provide a breakdown of how many related to Shield and First Guardian individually. ASIC estimates that about 11,000 people who invested some $1 billion are impacted by the collapse of the two funds. The number ...

68% pass financial adviser exam: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
Some 68% of candidates who sat the November sitting of the financial adviser exam passed, ASIC's results show. A total of 308 candidates undertook the exam, with 208 passing with flying colours. About three-quarters (75.6%) sat the exam for the first ...