REGULATION

Financial planning

Regulatory consistency represents one of the keys to financial advisers being able to deliver affordable advice according to key submissions filed with the Australian Sec...

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Funds management

The expansion will help financial institutions in Asia Pacific to manage initial margin requirements that are gradually coming into force. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The funding of consumer submissions by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s Consumer Advisory Panel warrants greater scrutiny of the regulator and its a...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has seen a “significant escalation” in complaints about unlicensed operators providing financial product advice witho...

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Policy & Regulation

The corporate regulator has commenced proceedings against Sydney-based derivatives provider Union Standard International Group over illegal Chinese activities....

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Financial planning

Advisers providing "strategic advice” or financial coaching should be subject to the same regulatory obligations as other advisers, according to the Financial Planning As...

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Editorial

The standing aside of Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair, James Shipton, points to fundamental issues with respect to the regulator....

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Policy & Regulation

The Queensland property developer has been found guilty of six counts of self-managed super fund fraud totalling $345,000, having initially arrested back in 2017....

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Financial planning

The COVID-19 pandemic could act as the catalyst for regulatory pragmatism aimed at lowering the cost of advice, according to the Financial Services Council....

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Funds management

Shares in Facebook have risen 25% since the start of 2020 but every company that has a similar growth profile as the social network is trading higher, according to Capita...

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Financial planning

Victorian financial advisers impacted by the COVID-19 lockdowns can rely on a “no action” position on the part of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission wit...

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Superannuation

National Australia Bank super entities NULIS and MLC Nominees have been hit by Federal Court penalties out of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission action o...

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Policy & Regulation

Financial services companies cannot necessarily rely on claims of legal privilege to prevent the Australian Securities and Investments Commission obtaining documents – so...

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Policy & Regulation

Former investment analyst, Michael Ming Jinn Ho, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for insider trading in Bing Un Limited shares....

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Expert Analysis

Working as a director in financial services can come with regulatory risk, writes David Court, so it is important to know how to manage those responsibilities and avoid a...

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I thought you joined a dealer to be protected and have a better version of regulation explained, BUT The dealers themsel...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFS licence of a Sydney wealth firm, the fifth Sydney firm to see a cancellation since the start of the year....

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A former financial adviser has been banned by ASIC from providing financial services for inappropriate advice, among multiple breaches....

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ASIC has suspended the AFS licence of a Melbourne fund manager responsible for six managed investment schemes....

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