ASIC has flagged a crack-down on breach reporting with particular emphasis on high risk licensees with poor cultures....

Platform operators have complied with new regulations but more still needs to be done in managing conflicts and disclosing hidden fees....

One of Australia’s corporate regulators has been accused of inconsistency in its policing of new entrants to the financial services space, with smaller innovators unfairl...

ASIC has stressed the need for AFS licensees to submit written breach reports to it within 10 business days of finding a breach or likely breach....

ASIC acknowledges that vertical integration gives rise to conflicts of interest but acknoweldges that scale has benefits....

ASIC warns consumers to stay away from a fake website endorsing a foreign exchange broker....

ASIC tells of man banned as a planner but still operating as an accountant and providing tax advice....

ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft, confirms planners and SMSFs are on ASIC’s radar over the next 12 months....

Merrill Lynch has paid a $96,000 infringement notice penalty after it filled an order that “had the potential to damage the reputation and integrity of the market”....

A financial planner has backed ASIC’s call to instil financial literacy into the school education system, saying literacy is lacking in adults too....

ASIC’s proposal to include financial literacy in the education system is a good one but financial literacy has to start at home from the parents, a personal loan speciali...

The Law Council of Australia’s Business Law Section has urged against extending ASIC’s powers to encompass product intervention....

The Financial Systems Inquiry has been told that while there are many educational events aimed at the SMSF sector, there exist significant variations in their quality....

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of Global Derivative Services after it failed to comply with licence obligations...