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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 ...

Interprac sued over Shield, First Guardian failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... investigation," Crole said. The group added that it believes it has acted in accordance with its obligations under the Corporations Act, saying the matters raised by ASIC are "historic events". Editor's note: This article was updated at 3pm to include ...

ASX names chief compliance officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... experience across legal and compliance areas, advising a number of boards and executive teams on ASX listing rules, the Corporations Act and regulatory reforms. Most recently, she was a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright after a five-year stint at APRA ...

First Mutual Private Equity gambled $80m of investor funds: ASIC

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 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. FMPE has still not released an official statement regarding ...

ASIC labels digital assets as financial products

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... existing laws apply to digital assets. Until now, cryptocurrency has not been regulated as a financial product under the Corporations Act, AFCA said, which exempts some crypto or digital asset providers from the AFCA external dispute resolution scheme ...

Court blocks Merhi from financial services

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... that, unless restrained, Merhi will continue to provide financial product advice in a manner that contravenes the Corporations Act. ASIC also obtained orders for the appointment of a receiver to identify all Merhi's assets and liabilities to be provided ...