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Petra Capital fined over misreporting of 15k trades

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... of guilt or liability, and by doing so, Petra Capital is not taken to have contravened subsection 798H (1) of the Corporations Act 2001, ASIC said. The maximum pecuniary penalty payable under ran infringement notice in relation to an alleged contravention ...

Australian Unity cops fine for TMD, DDO failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... response said: "AUFM co-operated with ASIC in its investigation, and AUFM agreed that it contravened s 994E(3) of the Corporations Act when it failed to take reasonable steps to ensure that its issuing of interests in the Fund to retail clients was undertaken ...

BPS Financial fined $14m over Qoin Wallet

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... operations over an additional 10-month period, as it did not qualify for the authorised representative exemption under the Corporations Act when issuing Qoin Wallet. BPS Financial has been handed a total of $14 million in penalties, including $2 million ...

ASIC seeks relief extension for securitisation entities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... plans to remake a relief instrument by extending the exemption for securitisation entities from holding an AFSL. ASIC Corporations (Securitisation Special Purpose Vehicles) Instrument 2016/272 (the Instrument) will expire on 1 April 2026. Instrument ...

ASIC seeks feedback on updating financial reports relief guidance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... May 2011, providing guidance for entities seeking relief from the financial reporting and audit requirements of the Corporations Act for companies, disclosing entities, registered managed investment schemes, corporate collective investment vehicles ...

Trump plans to ban large investors from buying homes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... of the American Dream. It was the reward for working hard and doing the right thing... People live in homes, not corporations," he wrote. Institutions are often cited as being a core driver behind the US housing affordability crisis, buying up properties ...

RM Capital, SMSF Club to pay $925k over conflicted remuneration

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... said as the licensee that authorised SMSF Club to provide financial services, RM Capital contravened s963F of the Corporations Act by failing to take reasonable steps to ensure SMSF Club did not accept the payments. ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said ...

Receivers appointed to First Mutual Private Equity

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... by a group of unlicensed representatives that claimed to operate under exemptions outlined in section 708 of the Corporations Act. It is understood that this was reported to ASIC in June 2024.

ASIC welcomes support for simplifying guidance on conflicts of interest

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... consumer, investor and economic harm within the financial services sector, ASIC said. Under section 912A(1)(aa) of the Corporations Act 2001, AFSL holders must have adequate arrangements in place to effectively manage all conflicts of interest, except ...

ASIC class relief for digital assets now effective

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... products. These updates were flagged in the latest update of Information Sheet 225 (INFO 225) in October. The ASIC Corporations (Stablecoin and Wrapped Token Relief) Instrument 2025/867 will provide class relief to distributors of eligible stablecoins ...