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ASIC has permanently banned a financial adviser after he allegedly concealed information from clients and misused client funds, among other breaches....
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Disgraced adviser Joshua Fuoco described himself as the “biggest monkey” at AFSL Group and provided financial advice via WhatsApp, all while being banned for 10 years, co...
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Results are out for the latest sitting of the ASIC financial advice exam, with the pass rate falling for the second consecutive sitting....
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ASIC’s enforcement action is having an active start to the new financial year, banning a former Queensland financial adviser for 10 years in relation to fees for no servi...
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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....
Financial planning
Former wealth firm director Joshua Fuoco has been convicted of contempt of court, sentenced and permanently banned from being involved in financial services after breachi...
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In its first FY26 action, ASIC has cancelled the AFSLs of two Sydney advice firms over their failures to pay industry funding levies. ...
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The Federal Court has made interim travel restraint orders against two Falcon Capital directors, while also freezing one director’s assets....
Financial planning
The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of a Perth advice firm, with the firm having previously seen its licence temporarily suspended in 2020....
Financial planning
Having proposed changes earlier this year, ASIC has clarified how it will support licensees with additional relief under the reportable situations regime....
Financial planning
Money Management rounds up actions ASIC took against advice individuals in the first half for FY25 from exam falsifications to dishonest conduct....
Financial planning
ASIC has accepted a court enforceable undertaking from a Perth-based company auditor who failed to adequately conduct multiple audits on an advice firm that receivers say...
Financial planning
ASIC is calling on licensees to review their client onboarding practices to avoid vulnerabilities associated with share sale fraud, noting particular concerns in the use ...
Financial planning
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...
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Equity Trustees has paid three infringement notices issued by ASIC in which the corporate regulator alleged it made misleading statement about investments in a sustainabl...
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