The article discusses the law in relation to the giving of financial advice and the best interests duty to a client.

We are beginning to see a trend towards people planning or starting their own cryptocurrency exchanges in Australia.

Companies must report suspicious financial transactions to AUSTRAC to enable it to carry out its regulatory functions.

If your business has been affected by COVID-19, rent relief schemes for commercial leases may afford some assistance.

AFCA is required to decide a complaint based on what is fair in all the circumstances, having regard to various factors.

This article explains the process to apply for a limited AFSL before 30 June 2016, necessary to provide financial advice.

A valuable outcome of ASIC guidance is to help licensees focus on the design phase of a review and remediation program.

We've come up with a 6 letter acronym to assist in working out whether TASA applies to you: Introducing the FAT LEO Test.

When an AFSL holder/AR providing tax (financial) advice notifies the TPB, it is deemed to be registered as an adviser.

Registered tax (financial) advisers may have to complete at least 60 hours CPE over 3 years, & at least 5 hours a year.

The 18 month notification period (1 July 2014 until 31 December 2015) has now commenced.

The Government has resolved to proceed with the partial rollback of FOFA reforms that it announced prior to the election.

This blog article takes a look at the main regulatory issues that financial advisers will face over the next 12 months.

This is the second and final part of a series about the regulatory issues for financial advisers over the next 12 months.

The changes will affect all financial services licensees providing personal financial product advice to retail clients,.

'Regulating digital asset platforms - exposure draft legislation' (the Consultation Paper).

This issue considers ACL holders' similar obligation to identify changes in control, and to report these changes to ASIC.

This survey was conducted in February 2025 across over 200 Australian financial services and Australian credit licence holders.

DLT, or "blockchain" technology, is at the heart of how Bitcoins work - it verifies ownership of each unique Bitcoin.

Adverse repercussions for putting a contract with UCTs before a small business or individual have been strengthened.