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Crypto providers to hold AFSL under proposed laws

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... regulate platforms that hold digital assets. The draft legislation introduces two new financial products within the Corporations Act - digital asset platform and tokenised custody platform. This means the existing consumer protections and licensing rules ...

360 Capital receives takeover offer from TT Investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... announcement by TT Investments in relation to its takeover offer and its notice given under section 633(4) of the Corporations Act." In a swift response, 360 Capital Group said it is considering the offer. "Given that TT Investments is associated with ...

Court extends freezing orders on First Mutual Private Equity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... group of unlicensed representatives, allegedly claiming they could do so under exemptions in section 708 of the Corporations Act. It is understood this was reported to ASIC in June 2024. Financial Standard did not receive a response from FMPE when it ...

Receivers appointed to two Australian Fiduciaries entities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... accounts in Malaysia where he has allegedly been living for the past two years. The judge pointed out that under the Corporations Act, an Australian-based director is required but Rushton appears to be the sole director of the entities in question. Dividends ...

ASIC lands special leave against Block Earner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... that Earner was neither a financial product, managed investment scheme, or derivative under definitions of the Corporations Act. The grant of special leave is conditional upon ASIC agreeing to pay Block Earner's costs of the appeal. ASIC has 14 days ...

Equity Trustees defies ASIC Shield Master Fund allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... Further, O'Brien said ETSL believes it acted in line with its fiduciary duties and obligations under the Corporations Act and Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act. A recent report by the AFR showed that in 2022, an EQT junior analyst raised ...

ASIC, APRA outline regulatory reform opportunities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... distribution obligations, product disclosure requirements, and simplification of the liability regime in the Corporations Act." Longo said ASIC would be happy to further engage with the government on initiatives and proposals, including appropriate law ...

ASIC permanently bans convicted investment manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... act for," Court said. Trevillian's ban has been recorded on the banned and disqualified register. Under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 (Cth), ASIC may permanently ban a person from providing financial ...

ASIC freezes assets of First Mutual Private Equity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
... group of unlicensed representatives, allegedly claiming they could do so under exemptions in section 708 of the Corporations Act. It is understood this was reported to ASIC in June 2024. ASIC sought these orders on an urgent basis to safeguard investor ...

Anti-hawking exemption for advisers a 'silly carve out': SCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... unfair trading practices economy-wide, including for financial services, and pushing for an amendment to the Corporations Act to ban the unsolicited sale or 'hawking' of financial advice. It also wants to see lead generators prohibited from targeting ...