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Superannuation
Superannuation fund trustees and executives have been warned they are falling short on disclosure, claims handling and other issues following an Australian Securities an...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled its interest in whether the Life Insurance Framework changes will drive growth in level premiums....
Financial planning
Disappointing results from ASIC’s inspection of audits by audit firms have led the corporate regulator to urge audit firms to find new and revised strategies to improve a...
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...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...