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MIS review ignores key issues: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
Treasury's fresh review into managed investment schemes (MISs) falls short of addressing critical issues that could prevent another Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund disaster, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) says. ...

ASIC reviews lead generators again, names advisers using them

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
Two years on from a review into cold calling and lead generators, ASIC is launching another into the advice licensees that use them. ASIC said the aim of the review is to address practices that inappropriately or unnecessarily encourage consumers to ...

ASIC suspends Newcastle advice firm's AFSL over missing key person

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
ASIC has suspended the AFSL of Focused Financial Advice (FFA) until December 19, which has operated for more than two years without a key person. FFA was established in 2003 and provides financial services around superannuation, life insurance, retirement ...

Majority of SMSF establishments based on bad advice: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
Nearly two thirds of SMSFs established under the recommendations of a financial adviser are unsuitable to their needs and put retirement savings at risk, an ASIC review reveals. Of 100 financial advice files investigated, 62 failed to demonstrate compliance ...

Number of AFSLs plateaus: Rainmaker

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
At end September 2025 there were 15,446 ASIC-registered financial advisers in Australia, according to the Rainmaker Financial Adviser report. Over the year to September, there was a decrease of 71 advisers, with 10 leaving the industry in the September ...

ASIC slams licensees' lax offshoring governance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
Most financial advice licensees that rely on offshore service providers (OSPs) fail to adequately assess, monitor and audit their arrangements thus putting their processes and business at risk, a new ASIC investigation reveals. ASIC's review of 10 financial ...

FAAA calls for other sectors to help pay $67m CSLR bill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
In its submission to the Treasury consultation on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) Special Levy for 2025/26, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) said financial advisers should not be expected to pay more than the $20 million ...

Insignia offloads IOOF Alliances to Entireti

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... Financial Planning is now known as Akumin Financial Planning. Last July, Insignia separated from its self-employed advice licensee business Rhombus Advisory but retained a 37% ownership. Rainmaker Information's assessment of the ASIC Financial Advisers ...

ASIC calls out trustees 'passing the buck' on super switching

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
ASIC fired a stern warning to superannuation funds about "passing the buck" to financial advisers and shedding responsibility for overlooking dodgy investment options as the fallout from the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund mounts to ...

ASIC fines advice groups over unregistered advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
Two advice licensees have paid infringement notices after they were found to have authorised advisers and had them provide personal advice while unregistered. Skye Money and Smart Financial Capital have both paid fines of $31,300 to ASIC for authorising ...