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AML/CTF program quick guide for financial planners
AUSTRAC has released an AML/CTF program quick guide for financial planners ahead of the upcoming regulatory changes.
This quick guide outlines the key components of an AML/CTF program.

3Lines Platform
Jan 213 min read


It's Been a Wild Ride
What a year. 2025 has been one of those seasons that somehow felt six months long and six years long at the same time. Between school runs, daycare drops, the usual family chaos, and trying to remember which bag has three separate lunchboxes and which one has laptop… we’ve kept pushing 3Lines Platform forward, helping clients navigate what has honestly been one of the most relentless periods of regulatory change we’ve seen. But there have been some real highlights too: ✨ At

3Lines Platform
Dec 20, 20253 min read


ASIC issues final warning for urgent action from financial advice industry
Financial advisers who are existing providers and intend to provide personal advice to retail clients about relevant financial products after 31 December 2025, must ensure they meet the requirements.

3Lines Platform
Dec 1, 20252 min read


ASIC publishes updated IDR data reporting handbook
ASIC has released an update to the Internal Dispute Resolution (IDR) data reporting handbook to reflect recent legislative and regulatory changes in the Buy now, pay later (BNPL) and digital asset sectors.

3Lines Platform
Dec 1, 20251 min read


'Wholesale investor/client tests' - public submissions requested
On March 20, 2023, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services began investigating the wholesale investor test for securities offers (Section 708 of Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act 2001) and the wholesale client test for financial products and services (Sections 761G & 761GA of Chapter 7 of the Act), collectively referred to as the 'wholesale investor/client tests.'

Eloise Somerford
May 6, 20241 min read


Attention Relevant Providers - Registration Required
Last month, ASIC released guidance (see Information Sheets 276 and 277) to financial advisers and Australian financial services (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.

Eloise Somerford
Dec 1, 20234 min read
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