ASIC

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has said its role is to endorse, not enforce industry codes of conduct with enforcement being a role for industry ass...

Financial planning

The VOFF group has accused ASIC of valuing its own crisis management control over public interest in the way it handled the investigation of the Trio Capital fraud case....

Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned John Dimitropoulos from financial services in connection with property and SMSF spruiking....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC has released guidance for public firms and crowd-funding platform operators on how to use the new crowd-sourced regime....

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Opposition has said it will veto the appointment of former banker, John O’Sullivan, if he is nominated as the new chairman of the Australian Securities and In...

Financial planning

A senior parliamentarian has quizzed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on whether insurers have simply converted the payment of shelf space fees to ‘tr...

Funds management

ASIC has issued a stop order on Product Disclosure Statements issued by Theta Asset Management due to concerns regarding inadequate disclosure of risks....

Accounting

Unlicensed accountants are being asked to ‘please explain’ by ASIC as they may be in breach of financial services laws, a law firm said....

Financial planning

A financial adviser who was untruthful in the information provided in support of obtaining his own Australian Financial Services License has paid a high price....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has outlined to a Parliamentary Committee what it thinks life/risk advisers actually earn via the statement of advice...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed it is probing the quality of advice provided around self managed superannuation funds, including with r...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has told a Parliamentary committee it has seen little improvement in the delivery of non-compliant life insurance adv...

Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed that it and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority are working towards having the life insuranc...

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that it would be folly to remove the Australian Securities and Investments Commission from the Australian Public Service....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has appointed the former chair of APRA and the ACCC to the special panel appointed to probe the Commonwealth Bank....

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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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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

2 weeks ago

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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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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