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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has given the green light to businesses to provide customers with information in digital form....

Outsider

Everyone should be allowed a victory lap, even the chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Greg Medcraft. ...

Editorial

ASIC has signalled it will be closely examining the claims-handling of the major life/risk insurers, but Mike Taylor asks whether the regulator is simply the policeman wh...

Financial planning

Lewis Anthony Wright Fellowes allegedly obtained money from his clients’ margin loan accounts and used the money for his own use....

Financial planning

ASIC has released a consultation paper on guidance for robo-advice providers, highlighting that licensees should appoint human advisers to monitor and test digital advice...

Superannuation

A Melbourne publisher's superannuation scare campaign has ended in a $21,600 ASIC penalty. ...

Life/Risk

ASIC has accepted an EU from Barakah Properties following concerns on how it raised funds to build an Islamic School in Melbourne. ...

Funds management

ASIC is seeking Federal Court of Australia approval to restrain Whitebox Trading and its principal from financial services following an investigation....

Life/Risk

ANZ’s OnePath subsidiary is set to pay $4.5 million in compensation over breaches relating to its life, general insurance, superannuation and funds management activities....

Features

Amid the overwhelmingly negative media coverage of alleged problems within CommInsure’s claims handling procedures, something important was overlooked — a number of major...

Tools & guides

Mike Taylor writes that while much attention has focused on adviser remuneration over the past two years, insurance claims handling has deserved equal scrutiny....

Editorial

Corporations that merely pay lip-service to compliance and culture can expect little leniency from the Courts. Companies can face consequences, from penalties and liabili...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC calls on financial services organisations to enforce good cyber-security practices with the launch of an industry-wide report focusing on cyber resilience....

Financial planning

NAB said former Victorian NAB adviser banned by ASIC left the bank in September 2013 after concerns were raised about his misconduct....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed the degree to which it is scrutinising financial services transactions and the way they are reported....

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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 ...

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 4 days 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 ...

2 weeks 3 days ago

ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...

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