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Ms Yat Nam (April) Yuen, of Sydney, New South Wales, has been charged with aiding and abetting former stockbroking firm BBY Limited (BBY) to engage in dishonest conduct in relation to a financial service. Ms Yuen, who held various roles at BBY including Manager – Strategy, is charged with two offences contrary to sections 1041G(1)…

ASIC has released Information Sheets 276 and 277 to provide guidance to financial advisers and AFS licensees about the new requirement for financial advisers to be registered, following the Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No. 1) Bill 2023 receiving Royal Assent on 27 November 2023. From 1 February 2024, financial advisers, excluding provisional relevant providers,…

Introduction The famous crime novelist and screenwriter, Raymond Chandler, once said that his greatest weapon was not a gun or a knife, but a $20 bill. It’s a very American quote! But it got me thinking about the diverse tools we have at our disposal, and how often we use them. I think one of…

We have today published the final report on our multi-firm review into firms’ progress in implementing the internal capital adequacy and risk assessment (ICARA) process and reporting requirements under the Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR). This final report must be read together with the report on our initial observations published in February 2023. The IFPR…