ASIC has suspended the AFS licence of a managed investment schemes and general advice provider after it failed to lodge financial statements and audit reports for the financial years 2019-2022.

Four interim stop orders issued against Spaceship are the latest in a series of issues between the investment firm and the regulator over the last five years.

Single disciplinary body the Financial Services and Credit Panel has published its first outcome, relating to an adviser who impersonated a client on the phone.

The former chief executive of an ASX-listed asset manager and industry veteran has joined the board of online investing platform Stake as chairman.

Less than 1 per cent of total advisers are ‘pure risk’ advisers as commission changes and premium increases drive them out of the profession or into new advice careers, says Adviser Ratings.

Prime Financial is seeking to double its revenue growth by 2025 thanks to a five-year business re-organisation which is now reaping rewards as it sets its sight on multiple acquisitions.

ASIC has made its first interim stop order on a superannuation product as well as on three managed funds, all run by Spaceship Capital.

The number of advisers who have ceased during 2023 is at 365, more than double the new entrants over the same period, and could approach 900 by the end of the year if the current rate continues.

Justice Lisa Hespe has fired a shot across the bows at financial institutions regarding the interoperability of their IT infrastructure in her verdict in the ASIC v AMP Financial Planning case.

Firms introducing artificial intelligence to their businesses should treat it like a new member of staff to train up on the firm’s ethics and values, according to Morgan Stanley.