New Partnership Delivers Scalable Solution for Strengthening Advice Oversight
OCG and DASH launch File Review as a Service (FRaaS) to help licensees strengthen compliance and advice quality.
[SYDNEY, NSW 1 MAY 2025] Oceanic Consulting Group (OCG) has partnered with DASH Technology Group (DASH), an advice technology company pioneering end-to-end solutions for the financial advice sector. Together they’ve launched File Review as a Service (FRaaS), a dedicated review solution designed to strengthen advice oversight and compliance across the financial services sector.
This partnership responds to a growing need for efficient, reliable oversight of advice quality, offering licensees an independent, scalable approach to managing risk and supporting regulatory obligations.
OCG provides businesses with independent reassurance over the quality and integrity of financial advice delivered to clients. Tailored to complement internal legal and compliance teams, the service delivers targeted reviews of agreed-upon advice files, ensuring investment strategies, documentation, and client outcomes meet both regulatory requirements and internal standards.
Built with flexibility in mind, the FRaaS model supports a wide range of review needs, from one-off engagements to ongoing sample-based assessments such as adviser onboarding programs. It offers firms a practical, scalable way to test advice quality and proactively manage risk without creating unnecessary operational overhead.
Drawing on OCG’s deep experience in major remediation programs, this service applies proven review methodologies to deliver high-impact results. These include independent assessments of advice quality and completeness, detailed reports with findings and recommendations, escalation pathways for serious compliance concerns, and alignment with ASIC’s expectations for advice frameworks.
The service is available from DASH’s Advice Marketplace within its advice software solution.
“It’s fantastic to be able to fill a gap in our App Store with this RegTech solution. This will become even more important as the industry undergoes regulatory changes in the near future.” says Terri Ho, DASH’s Head of Adviser Solutions.
“Together with DASH, we are excited to be delivering a solution which will help licensees and corporate authorised representatives to strengthen their retail advice oversight by augmenting their existing practices in a targeted, flexible and scalable way.” says Jay Stuart, Principal at OCG.
This launch marks a new chapter in OCG and DASH’s shared commitment to strengthening advice oversight across the industry, combining deep advisory expertise with cutting-edge technology to reduce risk, enhance governance, and support long-term compliance maturity in financial services.
About Oceanic Consulting Group
Oceanic Consulting Group is a boutique advisory firm supporting Australia’s financial institutions through strategy, transformation, and regulatory change. With deep expertise across risk, compliance, and operational delivery, OCG helps clients solve complex challenges and build for the future.
About DASH
At DASH, we are facilitating an advice model to give more Australians access to the advice they need to navigate complex areas of financial planning and investment administration, using modern technology to solve scalability and accessibility issues.
