ASIC
Financial planning
ASIC has permanently banned former Morgan Stanley adviser, Andrew Panayiotides, from providing financial services....
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has remade two legislative instruments and also repealed one ahead of their expiry in April....
Financial planning
An Interprac Financial Planning authorised representative has closed his website after ASIC flagged concerns over misleading advertising....
Financial planning
ASIC has proposed the use of its statutory power to modify provisions of the National Credit Act to prohibit the use of flex commissions in the car financing industry....
Funds management
Private equity funds have urged ASIC to address “flawed implementation” of new fee disclosure requirements....
Financial planning
ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings against Westpac for breaching home-loan responsible lending laws....
Editorial
The days of the major banks competing for major wealth management assets are gone due to a combination of indifferent financial results and regulatory and reputational ri...
Funds management
Share Investing Limited has paid a penalty of $130,000 after it complied with a Markets Disciplinary Panel infringement notice. ...
Financial planning
ASIC has cancelled Sovereign MF’s AFSL as liquidators are in the final stages of winding up its schemes....
Financial planning
ASIC has banned Roan Financial Group’s Darren Tindall from providing financial services for five years after the FPA received a complaint against him for dishonest conduc...
Editorial
Was the life insurance industry ever really guilty of “excessive” churn or was churn a means to a politically-motivated end?...
Editorial
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has left Federal Parliamentarians in no doubt that it has concerns about the compatibility of vertical integration wi...
Features
Accountants remain the most trusted advisers for SMSF clients but with licensing take-up remaining low following the accountants' exemption, what will this mean for SMSF ...
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has warned that while open APLs might help, the benefits will be undermined by vertical integration and conflicts of ...
Financial planning
ASIC has signalled the possibility that higher education standards for planners may also extend to RG 146....
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