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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 ...

Benchmark report reveals crucial blind spots in whistleblower protections

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
In a report published today, ASIC has outlined several key trends among companies' whistleblower policies, and where they need to improve. Insights from the ASIC Whistleblower Questionnaire: July 2024 to June 2025 (REP 827) - which studied 134 companies ...

Chalmers accused of sitting on advice for MIS reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
Questions have been raised in the Senate Economics Legislation Committee over whether Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been sitting on advice for reforms related to the regulation of managed investment schemes. Senator for NSW Dave Sharma asked the Department ...

ASIC allows more forms to be lodged via email

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
As part of its regulatory simplification strategy, ASIC is making it possible to lodge 35 'paper-only' documents by email, including forms related to changes to responsible entities and managed investment schemes. The regulator said the move is designed ...

ASIC eyeing advisers recommending private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland has told an industry event that the regulator is keeping an eye on the private credit sector, with increased surveillance continuing in 2026. "On the retail side, this surveillance will look at disclosures of fees and ...

Shield proposes to liquidate equities to pay investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... propose to set aside sufficient assets to pay the claims of non-investor creditors of Keystone who have lodged proofs of. ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland told an industry event yesterday the regulator has 10 separate Federal Court proceedings against ...

ASIC strengthens codes of conduct guidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
ASIC has refreshed its regulatory guidance on codes of conduct for the financial services sector, saying that they have an important role in how financial products and services are regulated. ASIC has updated Regulatory Guide 183 Codes of conduct for ...

More than 2000 advisers at risk as deadline looms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... Register. Of these, 7959 hold an approved degree or qualification, while 4212 are relying on the experienced provider pathway, ASIC said. A further 972 are recorded as both holding a relevant qualification and relying on the pathway. However, the balance ...

ASX suffers another outage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
The ASX has confirmed it is investigating an issue which was impacting the publication of company announcements. The outage began at 8:59am AEDT, and some annoucements were being published as of 11:22am AEDT after the ASX implemented an initial remediation ...