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Life/Risk

A key Parliamentary Committee has urged strong scrutiny of past and present insurance Approved Product Lists and move to fully open APLs....

Editorial

As key players in recent outcomes in the financial services industry, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Author...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has told the Productivity Commission that ASIC’s MoneySmart website had skewed consumer expectations by suggesting simple advice can...

Life/Risk

TAL has offered refunds totalling $900,000 to 1,200 funeral insurance customers after reporting to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that it failed to ...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has told the Productivity Commission that product manufacturers should no longer enjoy the licensing exemption which allows them to giv...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed it is investigating whether planners recommended super choice over MySuper to protect their trailing co...

Financial planning

Repeated instances of bad advice made it necessary for the Government to create the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime, according to the Minister for...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled a push to extend financial services professionalism beyond financial planners....

Policy & Regulation

The Government will pass legislation to create a second deputy chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

Financial planning

A senior Australian Securities and Investments Commission executive has confirmed the likelihood of the regulator examining financial advice provided by industry funds, b...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted only five firms are using its so-called regulatory sandbox, with many others utilising pre-existing alte...

Financial planning

Consumer group Choice has warned parliamentarians that professional indemnity insurance is an inadequate safeguard for financial technology firms providing financial advi...

Superannuation

The Federal Court has made orders by consent to wind up Western Australian company Superfunded, following an application from ASIC to appoint a liquidator last month....

Editorial

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission wants competition powers added to its regulatory armoury, but history suggests a need for caution on the part of the ...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released a report on the progress of their National Financial Literacy Strategy. ...

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

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