ASIC

Life/Risk

ASIC has put insurers on notice to address serious failures in the sale of add-on insurance through car dealers....

Financial planning

ASIC cancelled The Sharemarket College’s AFS licence and banned its responsible managers from providing financial services for making misleading claims....

Superannuation

ASIC has simplified the registration process for prospective SMSF auditors, to reduce red tape and save time for applicants....

Financial planning

ANZ Bank will refund $28.8 million in fees to more than 390,000 customers for failing to disclose when periodical payments would apply....

Financial planning

Former CEO of Wickham Securities has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in respect of 11 fraud offences....

Financial planning

The operational standards in ASIC’s RG255 on robo-advice appear to be quite low, FinaMetrica believes....

Financial planning

ASIC has released a regulatory guidance for digital advice providers which requires them to monitor and test their own algorithms on a regular basis to ensure advice is a...

Financial planning

The Federal Court has ruled Storm Financial directors breached their duties under the Corporations Act and provided inappropriate advice to investors without accounting f...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC has banned two former Macquarie advisers for poor advice and lack of compliance as part of its Wealth Management Project. ...

Funds management

Macquarie Investment Management has been subject to civil penalties in the NSW Supreme Court over its role as responsible entity for the van Eyk Blueprint funds....

Financial planning

The corporate regulator has accepted an EU from My Adviser, after finding instances of poor advice provided by disgraced property developer, Craig Gore. ...

Funds management

Some confusion remained over ASIC’s rules on the timeframe within which licensees must report changes in entity control but licensees should abide by the original 10-day ...

Life/Risk

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services license held by Marigold Falconer International Limited....

Financial planning

ASIC has banned a former Macquarie Equities Limited representative from providing financial services for five years for inappropriate advice and engaging in unauthorised ...

Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned a former NSW insurance company director, Timothy Pratten, from providing financial services and from engaging in credit activities....

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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 ...

6 months ago

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

8 months ago

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

3 weeks 3 days ago

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

4 weeks 1 day ago

Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...

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