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Financial planning
Two Melbourne men and one of their partners have been charged with conspiring to defraud financial institutions of approximately $110 million, following an ASIC investiga...
Financial planning
A Victorian adviser has agreed not to provide financial services for a year under the terms of an EU with ASIC....
Funds management
ASIC plans to probe the mortgage lending standards of the Big Four, particularly honing in on interest-only loans. ...
Financial planning
A broker will refund $477,900 to 2000 consumers after the corporate regulator found it had charged consumers a brokerage fee when it was not allowed to....
Financial planning
An Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation will see a managed discretionary account provider change the way it offers foreign exchange servi...
Financial planning
The FSI final report recommendations has singled out life/risk commissions for particular attention, urging a level commissions approach....
Policy & Regulation
The FSI final report has placed stockbrokers squarely in the regulatory cross-hairs....
Financial planning
The FSI final recommendations seek to place greater onus on product manufacturers....
Financial planning
The FSI final report has recommended establishing a Board to oversight both APRA and ASIC....
Financial planning
FPA chief executive, Mark Rantall, has expressed disappointment that the ASIC chairman’s comments impacted the entire profession....
Financial planning
Much as a judge or magistrate has a duty to stay impartial when hearing matters which come before their courts, so too does a Commonwealth regulator....
Financial planning
ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft admits he's fired up and heartbroken over bad financial planners. ...
Financial planning
ASIC has vehemently denied being swayed by lobbying groups to suspend its adviser competency push. ...
Financial planning
A mortgage lender has been forced to rename one of its loan products after failing to realise that ‘MoneySmart’ has been traded marked by ASIC....
Financial planning
Australia’s regulatory and legal system has not kept pace with industry and consumer demand for electronic disclosures, according to ASIC. ...
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