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AFSL specialist snags Entireti head of advice risk

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2026
... initiatives while restructuring roles within the business. Viki Whitehead has joined as advice and Australian financial services licence (AFSL) compliance manager from Entireti after serving as its head of advice risk for two years, leading a team of ...

ASIC stalls Sequoia bid to ditch cross guarantee deed

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
... February 2019. It is understood that Beeton, who is currently the managing director of ASX-listed diversified financial services and investment company ARC Funds, launched Bellbird as a shell company days before the divestment was announced. Today, Sequoia ...

ASIC bans 14th adviser from MWL

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
ASIC has banned yet another former financial adviser from MWL Financial Services, bringing its total adviser bans - according to public records - to 14. ASIC has banned Pardeep Singh from providing financial services for four years, after finding he ...

Macquarie wealth investment chief to depart

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2026
... chief investment officer at Fisher Funds, joining the firm in mid-November. Huxford has over three decades of financial services experience across the UK, New Zealand and Australia. Prior to his current position, Huxford was the chief investment officer ...

ASIC consults on new digital asset laws

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
... operators of digital asset platforms (DAPs) and Tokenised Custody Platforms (TCPs), as well as existing Australian financial services licence (AFSL) holders and entities dealing with digital assets. Under the proposed guidance, firms will need to apply ...

ASIC 'scrutinising' Sequoia's second InterPrac fire sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... confirm this but did not receive a response. Beeton is currently the managing director of ASX-listed diversified financial services and investment company ARC Funds, a role he has held since 1 July 2024. Prior to joining ARC, Beeton was an executive ...

FEATURE | Governance | Stumping up

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... "So, it's always better for customers to get compensated as soon as possible when something has failed." Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Blake Briggs however says it is important ASIC's power doesn't lead to scope creep and ...

'Flawed' CSLR model needs to be redesigned: SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... as a Last Resort (CSLR) would force everyday Australians to fund failures which arose in unrelated high-risk financial services, the Super Members Council (SMC) warned in a submission to the consultation. SMC said while it "strongly supports" the existence ...

Former adviser defies permanent banning orders

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... slapped with permanent banning orders by the regulator between 2018 and 2019 that barred him from providing financial services and engaging in credit activities. In 2022, he was sentenced to a three-year intensive correctional order, including one year ...

OKX Australia launches perps for pre-IPO opportunities

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... and products that historically have been difficult to reach." Thie product is offered under OKX's Australian financial services licence (AFSL). It comes as ASIC's sector-wide no-action period for digital asset-related financial product and service providers ...