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BPS Financial fined $14m over Qoin Wallet

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... from making any false or misleading representation about the product, as well as from carrying on a financial services business without an AFSL for 10 years. The court ordered that BPS Financial publish an adverse publicity notice on the Qoin Wallet ...

Former UGC adviser's appeal against ASIC ban accepted

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... Milutin Petrovic was banned from providing financial services or performing any function within a financial services business for six years due to misconduct, including failing to uphold key advice obligations when recommending clients to invest in the ...

ASIC welcomes support for simplifying guidance on conflicts of interest

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... in place to effectively manage all conflicts of interest, except those that occur wholly outside a financial services business. The updated guidance will now demonstrate how the law applies to conflicts of interest in conflicts management obligations ...

ASIC takes action on Spice Capital Partners, founder

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... successful, ASIC will be granted restraining orders on Oxlade and Spice Capital from carrying on a financial services business without an AFSL. Oxlade has been on ASIC's radar for other misconduct. ASIC banned Oxlade from working as a director for four ...

Chris Marco sentenced to prison over $34m fraud

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... on 7 December 2020. The court also ordered that Marco be permanently restrained from carrying on a financial services business without an Australian financial services licence (AFSL) or operating an unregistered managed investment scheme, ASIC said. ...

Crown Wealth director banned for two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... hails from Newcastle, is not adequately trained or competent to perform functions in, or control, a financial services business after failing to adequately address fees for no service misconduct by Lighthouse Partners, one of its representatives. ASIC ...

James Mawhinney launches another appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... unacceptable risk" that he will re-enter the fray and conduct, most likely through corporate vehicles, a financial services business that "adopts a financially reckless approach that exposes the investing public to significant risk of loss". Mawhinney ...

ASIC bans adviser attached to UGC, MWL

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... adviser Jovan Videkanic from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business or performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial services business for seven years. The regulator said ...

Adviser banned after $11.3m loss

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... more financial services, perform one or more functions as an officer of an entity that carries on a financial services business, or control an entity that carries on a financial service business," ASIC said. ASIC banned Northcott on April 28, but on ...

ASIC cancels CPG Research & Advisory's AFSL

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... now-defunct Linchpin Capital, effective October 7. The cancellation comes after CPG ceased to carry on a financial services business and failed to pay industry funding levies, which were outstanding for over 12 months. CPG held the AFSL since 28 January ...