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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...

Financial planning

The new industry funding model for the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions has passed through the Senate....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has taken the unusual step of seeking the re-registration of a company as it continues to comb through the rubble of ...

Financial planning

An Australian Securities and Investments Commission report has confirmed that most fund managers don’t actually consumer-test their products before taking them to market....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, Greg Medcraft has pointed to financial services technology as being a disruptor of vertical integration....

Financial planning

Macquarie Equities Limited has paid $24.7 million in compensation to 263 clients since it started its remediation program in 2014....

Funds management

Synergy Financial Markets has paid over $10,000 after ASIC found it had engaged in misleading advertising on its website....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that serious questions are being asked about whether the Government’s proposed enhancements to the AFSL breach reporting regime will be worth the incre...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled the license of Sydney-based company, Investment Advisers Alliance Pty Ltd....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 3 weeks ago

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

7 months 3 weeks ago

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

2 weeks 1 day ago

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

3 weeks ago

The Federal Court has made interim travel restraint orders against two Falcon Capital directors, while also freezing one director’s assets....

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