ASIC

Superannuation

Subscale super funds make up 30 per cent of modern award listings and the weakest performing fund returned 2.7 per cent over 10 years, according to the FSC....

Financial planning

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has affirmed ASIC’s licence cancellation for Mark Power and associated companies....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has disqualified New South Wales-based SMSF auditor, Kathleen Whittle....

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has adopted a ‘taking action now’ mantra in dealing with the major banks....

Financial planning

Australian Securities and Investments Commission staff are likely to leave their public service salaries behind to embrace financial services market rates....

Policy & Regulation

An Australian Securities and Investments Commission report has found that financial planning groups are mostly meeting their obligations with respect to professional inde...

Superannuation

ASIC has outlined new requirements for the disclosure of fees and charges superannuation and managed investment funds....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed it is probing for breaches among several hundred call recordings from call centres selling direct life ...

Policy & Regulation

The big four banks have agreed to specific contractual changes with ASIC to eliminate unfair terms from their agreements....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed that the pool of advisers at risk of churning life/risk policies is as few as 50 people....

Financial planning

ASIC’s new cost recovery levy could reduce the services licensees offer if they cannot afford to pay multiple levies, according to The Fold Legal....

Financial planning

Brisbane-based former financial planner, Neil Bruce has been banned from providing financial services by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is looking to crackdown on financial services licensees seeking to avoid their obligations by claiming personal advi...

Financial planning

Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair, Greg Medcraft has canvassed extending the Bank Executive Accountability Regime to other financial services industr...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission wants the power to dig through the managerial layers to ban the real culprits....

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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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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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