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ASIC investigates potential $138m scam

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
... examining whether appropriate governance, compliance and oversight arrangements were in place," an ASIC spokesperson said. "Misconduct involving a high risk of significant consumer harm and governance and directors' duties failures are enduring ASIC ...

Corporate, governance issues fuel whistleblower tipoffs: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2026
... regimes and their effectiveness in incentivising whistleblowing disclosures and disincentivising tax and corporate misconduct. The review was sparked by the KPMG Australia saga, which exposed the mishandling of a whistleblower. Elsewhere in ASIC's annual ...

FEATURE | Governance | Stumping up

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... spread across the whole financial sector. The CSLR is an industry-funded safety net through which victims of financial misconduct can claim up to $150,000 of their losses. Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) chief executive Sarah Abood notes ...

'Flawed' CSLR model needs to be redesigned: SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... Australians should not have their retirement savings docked to pay a bigger share of the compensation bill for collapses and misconduct in unrelated, higher-risk parts financial services," she said. "A scheme described as risk-based should actually follow ...

Treasury consults shifting tax debts from victims to abusers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... recovery against victim-survivors, pursue the debts from perpetrators where the abuse involved fraud or other actionable misconduct, and, where appropriate, waive the victim-survivor's debt. The consultation paper recognised existing administrative responses ...

Mulino opens CSLR special levy consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... designed to respond more predictably to large-scale, investment-related losses arising from personal financial advice misconduct where costs exceed the annual sub-sector levy caps. This means that any funding shortfall would be allocated sequentially ...

New law tightens foreign resident CGT rules on Australian property assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
... property have passed both houses of parliament. Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Accountability for Tax Adviser Misconduct and other Measures) Bill 2026 covers numerous new reforms that included strengthening the integrity of the tax profession ...

Shorter CSLR payout timeframe awaits major bill passage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... made and take effect quicker, enabling the CSLR operator to recommence paying compensation to victims of financial misconduct in a timely manner," an explanatory memorandum reads. Under the current framework, ASIC does not collect special levies until ...

Scams and governance failures dominate tip-offs to ASIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
The corporate watchdog received around 9800 tip-offs of misconduct from the public in the first six months of the year. Retail investor issues and governance matters continued to dominate reports received by ASIC, which together accounted for over four ...

AFCA moves to reinstate APT Strategy, opens doors for victims

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
... group, SOS Save Our Super, which has been helping many investors whose nest eggs have been put at risk by financial misconduct, providing information and practical resources on how to navigate the complaints process, as well as stay on top of regulatory ...
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