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Drummond steps up governance and adviser support

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... support platform. Cameron Mitchell joins the business with more than 14 years' experience in Australian financial services, including senior roles in financial advice, AFSL leadership, governance and compliance. Mitchell will run compliance and governance ...

BPS Financial fined $14m over Qoin Wallet

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... court identified that BPS Financial had been providing financial advice for three years without an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). It was also found to have engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct by making several false and misleading ...

State Street boosts digital asset access with new platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... wallets, as financial products, which will require businesses distributing these products to obtain an Australian financial services licence.

Adviser of MWL, UGC banned for seven years

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... Shield, which was not in his clients' best interest. Earlier this month, ASIC suspended MW Planning 's Australian financial services licence (AFSL) after it failed to appoint a new responsible manager. It follows the banning of the responsible and compliance ...

ASIC welcomes support for simplifying guidance on conflicts of interest

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
ASIC has made changes to the regulatory guidance on managing conflicts of interest for Australian financial services licence (AFSL) holders, with the changes informed by its surveillance of private markets. The updated Regulatory Guide 181 AFS Licensing ...

Mulino wants PII to step up to make CSLR sustainable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... approximately 4400 ACL holders with over 49,000 current credit representatives operating in the Australian financial services." The consultation is taking submissions until 13 February 2026.

ASIC suspends MW Planning AFSL over missing responsible manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
ASIC has suspended the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of MW Planning, a subsidiary of MWL Financial Group, after it failed to appoint a new responsible manager. The AFSL is suspended until 8 June 2026. ASIC said MW Planning failed to fulfil ...

ASIC class relief for digital assets now effective

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... consultation proposing to mandate digital asset providers offering financial products to hold an Australian financial services licence (AFSL). Meanwhile, the ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2025/871 - registered on the same day - amends the ...

ASIC allows more forms to be lodged via email

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... appointment of scheme auditor FS08 Application for consent from ASIC to resign as an auditor of an Australian financial services licensee Two other documents - Form 201 - Application to register an Australian company and Form 484 - Change to company ...

ASIC to monitor union redundancy funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... and long service leave funds - or employee entitlement schemes - will be required to apply for an Australian financial services licence (AFSL) and comply with some managed investment provisions of the Corporations Act. Following Consultation Paper 384 ...