ASIC

Financial planning

Industry solution proposed for fee for no service

At the same time as confirming Westpac has lost around half its authorised representatives since 2015 the bank’s chief executive has also confirmed a proposed industry so...

Financial planning

CBA staff misunderstood client relationship

Commonwealth Bank chief executive, Matt Comyn has cited fee for no service as being one of the bank’s key shortcomings and claimed key executive personnel had failed to u...

Policy & Regulation

UBS Securities hit with $120,000 penalty

UBS Securities has been slapped with a $120,000 penalty by the regulator’s Markets Disciplinary Panel after it had reasonable grounds to believe that UBS contravened mark...

Funds management

ASIC clears DomaCom’s equity release

DomaCom has announced that its senior equity release has cleared final regulatory hurdle after six years....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC slaps 8-year ban on former director of derivatives issuer

The securities regulator has banned Yossef Ashkenazi of Victoria from providing financial services for a period of eight years....

Policy & Regulation

RC probes causes of misconduct

The Royal Commission will today begin its final round of hearings looking at what caused the misconduct and what can be done to fix those causes....

Policy & Regulation

Is adverse publicity motivating whistle-blowers?

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has pointed to the recent adverse publicity around the financial services industry having driven up the level of whis...

Policy & Regulation

Former financial services rep banned for stealing

A former Perth financial services representative has been banned from providing financial services following a Court conviction for four counts of stealing....

Financial planning

Planners should be answerable on products, says ISA

Industry Super Australia has objected to exempting personal financial advice from product design and distribution obligations, arguing planners need to be held responsibl...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC will not ignore ‘lawful’ behaviour

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has declared that just because behaviour is lawful does not make it an excuse where consumer detriment is concerned....

Life/Risk

FSC looks to extend code to all “distributors”

The Financial Services Council wants to extend its insurance code of conduct to “all life insurance distributors”....

Financial planning

Westpac slammed with $3.3m fine for BBSW manipulation

The Federal Court has ordered Westpac to pay a $3.3 million penalty for its involvement in setting the BBSW in 2010. ...

Financial planning

Life/risk commissions safe till 2021

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled it will not be pressing to ban life/risk commissions at least until after it has reviewed the effective...

Superannuation

Commercial lender rails against possible LRBA ban

Commercial property lender Thinktank has urged regulators and the Government not to ban the use of limited recourse borrowing arrangements within SMSFs....

Financial planning

Product manufacturers should stay out of advice

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has made clear it believes product manufacturers should not seek to dictate to advisers under new financial product d...