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Failure to meet ESG compliance obligations can leave financial services directors walking a tightrope of risk, according to PwC, as ASIC urges firms to prepare for climat...
Financial planning
ASIC has flagged the 2022 case of RI Advice as an example of the need for cybersecurity measures within a financial services firm as chair Joe Longo warns a cyber attack ...
Financial planning
A former financial adviser has been banned by ASIC from providing financial services for inappropriate advice, among multiple breaches....
Financial planning
ASIC has issued information for AFS licensees clarifying what they need to do if their adviser wishes to access the experience pathway....
Funds management
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a Victorian asset manager, seven months after an officer of the company was charged with money laundering offences in an AFP investigation....
Financial planning
ASIC chair Joe Longo has told a Senate select committee that it has been running two pilot AI programs, including one to read public submissions....
Financial planning
An NSW individual has pleaded guilty to one criminal charge of providing unlicensed financial services after promoting crypto investments at national seminars....
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The FSC and FAAA have pinpointed the small wins and losses in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ third budget, noting that successfully achieving change can be a "hard grind" for th...
Financial planning
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a Gold Coast advice firm, its tenth AFSL cancellation since the start of the year with the majority being advice firms....
Funds management
The latest budget papers have outlined a $10 million provision for ASIC greenwashing enforcement activity as well as funds for a sustainable labelling regime to be partia...
Financial planning
ASIC has announced the Administrative Appeals Tribunal has upheld a former NSW-based adviser’s permanent ban following his conviction for fraud offences....
Financial planning
The corporate regulator has commenced “urgent” Federal Court proceedings against a Brisbane-based financial adviser in connection to financial advice and activities on cl...
Financial planning
ASIC has called on superannuation funds to improve their oversight of advice fee deductions following an investigation of 10 trustees that found $990 million was charged ...
Financial planning
Despite fears under the first draft QAR bill, ASIC has confirmed that it does not expect superannuation trustees to check every Statement of Advice. ...
Funds management
Self-reporting issues to ASIC could lead to a reduced charge for a fund manager but it may not exempt them from enforcement action altogether, according to ASIC chair Joe...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...