ASIC

Life/Risk

More than a third of life insurance advice has not been appropriate according to a review conducted by ASIC....

Financial planning

Commonwealth Bank of Australia consumers who have not claimed funds left on expired Travel Money Cards within 12 months of the expiry will no longer forfeit the cash to t...

Financial planning

MFAA claims mortgage brokers have not been through any major scandals as a result of lower levels of risk and the application of higher professional standards...

Financial planning

A former director of an Australian financial services licence holder received a 12-month suspended sentence and a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to fraud charges....

Financial planning

Melbourne based advice group to boost its compliance and retrain advisers after ASIC raised concerns about appropriateness of SMSF related advice....

Financial planning

NAB has paid $10,200 in fines after ASIC found the bank made misleading statements in its annuity term deposit PDS....

Life/Risk

A NSW insurance broker has been permanently banned from providing financial services after an ASIC investigation found he engaged in “dishonest conduct”....

Financial planning

ASIC has suspended the licence of a boutique planning group for three months for a failure to comply with its compliance obligations...

Financial planning

ASIC reports it has refused applications for relief including one from a planner who requested the use of the word ‘independent’ to describe their practice....

Financial planning

ASIC has subjected a mortgage scheme operator to additional AFSL conditions after it failed to meet various obligations....

Editorial

With a third of FOS determinations going unpaid the efficacy of Professional Indemnity insurance as a compensation mechanism is under question and, as Mike Taylor reports...

Editorial

While ASIC is right to pursue more timely breach reporting by financial planning firms it should acknowledge that the vast majority more than live up to their obligations...

Financial planning

A NSW-man has been permanently banned from providing financial services after he was found to have misled clients into believing he could provide them with “exclusive acc...

Financial planning

The corporate regulator states a co-regulatory model could work for financial advisers but says it is cost-effective and ethically practical to only work with one profess...

Funds management

BOQ has reached a $19.7 million settlement with ASIC and borrowers who were advised by Storm Financial....

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