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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 ...

ASIC takes action on Spice Capital Partners, founder

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... disqualification is justified. It is seeking an order from the Federal Court to disqualify Catsoulis from managing corporations.

ASIC releases legal obligations for private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... guidance for wholesale funds. In the catalogue, the regulator reminds fund operators of their obligations under the Corporations Act to do all things necessary to ensure that financial services covered by an AFSL are provided efficiently, honestly and ...

68% pass financial adviser exam: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... total, 22,386 individuals have sat the exam since it was mandated. Of these, 92% have passed. Section 921B of the Corporations Act 2001 requires relevant providers and those training to become a relevant provider to pass the financial adviser exam to ...

ASIC strengthens codes of conduct guidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... industry that is not approved by ASIC; voluntary codes developed by an industry and approved by ASIC under s1101A of the Corporations Act 2001 ; or mandatory codes that are prescribed by the government. Separately, ASIC recently called for feedback on ...

ASIC invites feedback on disclosure requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... rather than an annual sum, in fees and costs summaries. The regulator said the proposal would require a change to ASIC Corporations (Disclosure of Fees and Costs) Instrument 2019/1070 (Instrument 2019/1070). Additionally, ASIC is looking to get greater ...

ASIC to monitor union redundancy funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... that was launched in June, ASIC has outlined its approach to the regulation of employee redundancy funds under the Corporations Act 2001 (Corporations Act), once the current relief expires on 1 April 2026. Operators of employee redundancy funds and long ...

Two financial services directors fined $15k over reporting failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... lodge financial statements and auditor's reports to ASIC are criminal offences under 989B(2) and s989B(3) of the Corporations Act 2001.

ASIC acts against MWL, its director and lead generator

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... seek declarations and civil penalties against all defendants, including orders disqualifying Maikousis from managing corporations in the future. Among the advisers attached to MWL, ASIC has banned Jovan Videkanic, Wade Spooner, Rocco D'Amelio and Robert ...

SQM Research faces court over 'favourable' rating of Shield

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... compliance plan for the financial year ended 30 June 2022, and it continued to meet the requirements of Part 5C.4 of the Corporations Act 2001. However, in FY23, BDO noted that Keystone "has not provided us with access to information that we require ...