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There is a strong demand for aged care advice, according to a recent Australia Securities and Investments survey tracking consumer demands, calling into question if advis...
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ClearView’s advisers were found to have failed in giving a ‘needs analysis’ to life insurance clients, according to the corporate watchdog....
Financial planning
The question of whether the advice fees deducted by superannuation funds are reasonable and fair is being examined by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced the dismantle of an online fraud syndicate which resulted in alleged thefts from superannuation and sha...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, James Shipton, has claimed the regulator simply didn’t have enough pages to explain the implications of end...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted that its earlier pronouncements on ending grandfathered commissions was based on sample-sized data....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has acknowledged the likelihood of an advice gap, particularly for lower income earners, but is looking to superannua...
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has flagged that there are at least two matters emanating from the Royal Commission which may result in criminal char...
Policy & Regulation
Superannuation funds will also be exposed to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s enhanced search warrant powers according to the explanatory materials ...
Policy & Regulation
The Federal Government has tabled exposure draft legislation which would give the Australian Securities and Investments Commission phone tapping and search warrant powers...
Financial planning
The Queensland-based firm has until February 2020 to comply with outstanding obligations....
Financial planning
The corporate watchdog has appealed to the Federal Court against its decision that the bank did not breach the Credit Act....
People & Products
Ruth Stringer has been appointed by Herbert Smith Freehills to its Australian financial services team in Sydney....
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched civil action in the Federal Court over the telephone sale of life insurance which saw sales agents offer...
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Rather than an unwelcome compliance burden, the Design and Distribution Obligations and the ASIC Interventions Power can be a force for a better and more sustainable busi...
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