ASIC

Editorial

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has received a substantial increase in its powers over the past decade but there are no guarantees this will translat...

Funds management

BGL Corporate Solutions has today announced it recently passed 100,000 paid self-managed super funds on its Simple Fund 360 offering....

Policy & Regulation

Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, Greg Medcraft has confirmed reverse mortgages are currently the subject of regulatory surveillance....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted it has emerged a winner with greater powers and more discretion with respect to Australia’s financial se...

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...

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