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A former stockbroker from Perth has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for the dishonest use of clients’ funds....
Financial planning
The Victims of Financial Fraud group has accused ASIC’s outgoing Greg Medcraft of a cover-up in relation to the Trio Capital scheme....
Editorial
The cost of delivering financial advice has increased dramatically over the past 10 years largely owed to scandals and the belief of politicians that increased regulation...
Funds management
ASIC has continued its work on the improvement of transparency and comparability of fees and costs for managed investment and superannuation funds....
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission wants its new product intervention power to have enough teeth to preclude participants in the financial services food...
Policy & Regulation
The former chairman of ASIC, Greg Medcraft has confirmed he urged the Treasurer, Scott Morrison to extend the Bank Executive Accountability Regime to the insurance sector...
SMSF
A Sydney woman accused of dishonestly obtaining funds a client’s SMSF account and dealing with the prospects of crime has pleaded guilty, following an investigation by AS...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed its plan to ban advisers it regards as being high risk and having ongoing compliance issues....
Funds management
ASIC’s Regulatory Guide 97 will have long-term implications for investment strategy across multi-asset fund industry, according to Zenith....
Financial planning
NSG Services has faced a civil penalty of $1 million by the Federal Court in the first breach of the best interest duty....
Financial planning
A former NAB adviser has pleaded guilty to two charges of submitting financial planning documents for his own personal gain....
Funds management
ASIC has released new and updated guidance for the funds management industry for consultation to reduce regulatory burden....
Policy & Regulation
The ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce has released its position paper that recommends increasing maximum civil penalty amounts for corporate and financial sector miscondu...
Editorial
Mike Taylor writes that the Turnbull Government’s determination to avoid a Royal Commission may have resulted in successive exercises in political expediency and the purs...
Financial planning
ASIC is using data from the life insurance industry along with risk factors to help identify advisers who are more likely to be providing poor advice....
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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 ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...