ASIC
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....
Accounting
A Gold Coast accountant has been charged with lodging false documents with ASIC....
Financial planning
Sydney-based AFSL, Invast Financial Services Pty Ltd, has paid $20,400 in penalties after ASIC issued two infringement notices for alleged misleading representation....
Financial planning
Fear is stopping financial planning organisations from notifying the corporate regulator of breaches in their business rather than poor culture, The Fold said....
Policy & Regulation
Conflicted remuneration bans have monumentally changed the way advisers make their money, with the commission model replaced by a move to fixed fees, according to the cor...
Policy & Regulation
Debate over the Government’s FOFA amendments has distracted Australians from focusing on the real purpose of financial advice, the AFA believes....
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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...