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Shield-linked advice firm director, compliance manager banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
The AFSL of MWL Financial Services has been cancelled, while both its director and its compliance manager have copped bans after they allegedly helped funnel more than $150 million in investments into the Shield Master Fund. MWL recommended Shield to ...

ATO bares teeth at dentists pushing early super access

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... about health practitioners encouraging or advising patients to access their super to pay for health treatments without an AFSL. Some are charging fees to assist patients with submitting their hardship applications to the ATO without being a registered ...

ASIC warns of 'sharp rise' in financial misconduct

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... unregistered managed investment schemes or financial services being provided without an Australian financial services licence (AFSL). The balance was issues related to general licence obligations (36%), credit issues (15%) and other (10%). Further, ASIC ...

Mercer Super sued over 'longstanding and systemic' failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... all, while another was reported more than a year later than it should have been. Under the Reportable Situations Regime, all AFSL holders must notify ASIC of a reportable situation - in this instance, a significant breach of 'core obligations' ...

Former Kerr Neilson staffer pleads guilty to insider trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... Between 4 January 2024 and 8 October 2024, the regulator also alleged he operated a financial services business without an AFSL. Based in New South Wales' Blue Mountains, Forrest previously worked as a business analyst for Neilson's family office ...

Insignia offloads IOOF Alliances to Entireti

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... the right strategic fit for IOOF Alliances, as both groups share common values and goals. "We are focused on simplifying AFSL compliance and enhancing the adviser experience through expert-led solutions and a collaborative eco-system," he said. "Our ...

InterPrac hit with $22m in AFCA complaints

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... First Guardian, Sequoia recently appointed former ASIC commissioner Danielle Press as independent chair of its inaugural AFSL Governance Committee. She currently sits on the board of Insignia Financial, the Customer Owned Banking Code Compliance Committee ...

Guilty plea entered in Ponzi scheme case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
A man who carried on a financial services business without and AFSL and duped investors out of nearly $2 million has pleaded guilty to dishonest conduct and dealing with proceeds of crime. Ashley Arandez pleaded guilty to dishonest conduct, unlicensed ...

ASIC calls out trustees 'passing the buck' on super switching

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
ASIC fired a stern warning to superannuation funds about "passing the buck" to financial advisers and shedding responsibility for overlooking dodgy investment options as the fallout from the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund mounts to ...

Former adviser charged over clients' near $1m loss

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... derivatives without a licence. However, those plans were never fulfilled, and PWMS's Australian financial services licence (AFSL) was cancelled in August 2023, when Cuthbertson was also subsequently permanently banned. The matter has been adjourned ...