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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is again being asked whether politicians have been guilty of providing unlicensed advice over their urging of people ...

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Multiple breaches of the Tax Agent Services Act has seen a Brisbane tax agent jailed for seven and a half month and fined $640,000 following Federal Court action initiate...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has initiated civil action against La Trobe Financial Asset Management relating to the La Trobe Australian Credit Fun...

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For the first time in years the financial services portfolio has been brought fully into the Cabinet room thanks to the elevation of Senator Jane Hume....

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Documents provided to a Parliamentary Committee have revealed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission paid a top tier legal firm for an independent opinion o...

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The documents attaching to the rental allowance controversy which led up to the resignation of Australian Securities and Investments Commission deputy chair, Daniel Crenn...

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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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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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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed that its industry funding model is helping underwrite the cost of consumer submissions such as those us...

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A new survey has revealed Australia as a global laggard on portfolio holdings disclosure with Morningstar delivering it a lowest-possible Australia has received a signifi...

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Financial advisers may be significantly constrained in using the term “independent” but asset consultants are largely in the clear because asset consultation is not a leg...

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The Financial Services Council has nominated initiating a compensation scheme of last resort as one of the major challenges facing the Government in 2021. ...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 1 week ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 1 week ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

2 weeks ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks 2 days ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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