ASIC
Financial planning
ASIC warns that commissions may continue to exist within MIS arrangements despite the FOFA changes....
Financial planning
ASIC deputy chairman, Peter Kell, says the regulator will be taking a clsoe look at professional indemnity insurance in coming months....
Life/Risk
The corporate regulator is not seeking any changes to PI insurance requirements for advisers stating that ‘tinkering’ would not deal with problems related to claims or di...
Funds management
The corporate regulator will consider model portfolios as a suitable investment under best interest duties if they do not adopt mechanistic processes on selecting assets ...
Financial planning
A South Australian finance broker has pleaded guilty to forging a memorandum of mortgage, to defraud $170,000 from an investor....
Financial planning
Banning upfront commissions on insurance products is not the answer to weeding out unscrupulous advisers, according to The Boutique Financial Planning Principals’ Group (...
Financial planning
ASIC has secured a restraining order preventing a foreign exchange company and its former director from carrying on a financial services business....
Life/Risk
A former insurance company director has pleaded guilty in the Adelaide Magistrates Court to 39 charges brought by ASIC....
Financial planning
An Australian financial services business has agreed to cease providing services in Japan after an inquiry by ASIC found it was not licenced by the Japanese regulator....
Life/Risk
AFA and FSC form working body while FPA calls for insurance providers to review their offerings...
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....
Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry
MARKET INSIGHTS
Podcast
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...