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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission was fundamental to the changes being wrought on the financial services external dispute resol...

Policy & Regulation

Want an AFSL? Better be ‘fit and proper’. A Government taskforce is proposing tough new powers which would enable ASIC to refuse licensing to those it deems not to be ‘fi...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed that insurance companies know which advisers are “churners” but have not always notified the regulator....

Superannuation

A Victorian SMSF auditor has been disqualified by ASIC after he audited a fund of which he was a member....

Financial planning

Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, Greg Medcraft has defended helping launch CPA Advice claiming getting accountants into the advice industry is a...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has clarified the rules around which advisers can call themselves independently-owned and has provided a facilitative...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has pointed to an upward trend as 103 advisers were banned over the past three years....

Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned a former AMP Financial Planning adviser from providing financial services for failing to comply with the best interests duty....

Superannuation

The corporate regulator has issued an instrument that would temporarily extend time to provide statements of advice for urgent superannuation advice....

Financial planning

The Federal Court has set aside an Administrative Appeals Tribunal decision not to ban a financial planner who impersonated a client because it did not lead to financial ...

Financial planning

ASIC has banned former GuardianFP authorised representative, Robert Gunner from providing financial services for seven years....

Funds management

Two responsible entities have found themselves the subject of the toughest form of Australian Securities and Investments Commission oversight because of significant asset...

Financial planning

A Parliamentary Committee has been told that just because some “sharp” financial planning practices don’t breach the law doesn’t make them right....

Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned a former authorised representative from ANZ's RI Advice Group as part of its Wealth Management Project....

Policy & Regulation

Peak super body, the AIST is disappointed ASIC’s funding model may mean funds would now have to pay for items that was previously not leviable, while ASIC has called it a...

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