Medical grounds are no excuse for compliance failures as a Victorian AFSL is sentenced for failing to lodge annual financial reports....
The balance of ASIC enforcement activity is skewed towards civil rather than criminal cases, but the corporate regulator says it is seeking to redress this balance. ...
The Responsible Investment Association of Australasia has launched a toolkit to help advisers address the risks presented by artificial intelligence....
Underestimating the cost of insurance by almost $75,000 in a Statement of Advice is among multiple reasons that a relevant provider has faced action from the FSCP. ...
With the highest number of candidates in a year sitting the latest financial advice exam, a surge of new entrants are expected in the coming weeks, according to Wealth Da...
An NSW adviser, who advised over 120 clients after falsifying her financial advice exam results, has been permanently banned by ASIC....
ASIC has released the results from the latest financial adviser exam, the first to be run since changes to its structure earlier this year....
As ASIC chair Joe Longo pushes firms to prepare for the upcoming mandatory climate disclosure regime, what skills are necessary if firms are looking to expand their ESG t...
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a Brisbane advice firm in order to protect the interest of potential consumers as it feared the firm would breach financial services laws. ...
The Federal Court has imposed a $10 million penalty on Macquarie Bank for failing to prevent and control unauthorised fee transactions by third parties including financia...
While the Financial Services and Credit Panel can take action on individual advisers’ misconduct, a compliance professional unpacks why the panel does not always subject ...
ASIC chief executive, Warren Day, is among senior executives to depart the corporate regulator amid changes to its leadership team....
Research by Wealth Data has found exactly half the number of advisers who have worked at closed AFSLs in the current financial year remain on the ASIC FAR....
As a Federal Court judge notes the lack of experience held by the responsible manager of Lanterne Fund Services, Money Management explores what is required of the role. ...
The Federal Court has issued a seven-figure penalty against Lanterne Fund Services, a wholesale licensee which operated as a ‘licensee for hire’. ...
FWIW I am a long term holder of both. I am relaxed about my LICs trading at a discount. Part of a cycle. I would like...
The term "The democratisation of private assets continues to gain steam" is marketing misleading. There is no democracy...
I have passed this exam, and it is not easy or fair exam. It's no wonder that advisers are falsifying their results. ...