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Superannuation

ASIC declares it is taking a close look at one-stop shops seeking to traverse SMSF establishment and property investment. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Gold Coast advisory group related to deficiencies in monitoring and supervising its planners...

Financial planning

The FPA is concerned that Budget cuts impacting ASIC may, in turn, impact planners in higher costs....

Financial planning

Measures in the Abbott Government’s inaugural budget have divided financial planning groups, prompting both praise and condemnation. ...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been told by the Government to “adjust its priorities” to achieve savings of $120.1 million over five year...

Financial planning

A Budget user-pays approach to financial services regulation could hit licensee and other planning costs....

Financial planning

The AFP and ASIC have charged an ABS public servant and a NAB employee with insider trading netting $7 million....

Life/Risk

Businesses that sell general or life insurance, or offer credit as an ‘add-on’ insurance offering, should be on guard as they come under ASIC scrutiny, a law firm warns....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC should outsource PDS approvals to an independent research panel funded by planner levy. ...

Financial planning

ASIC considers allowing managed investment schemes to be automatically registered, with non-compliant schemes regulated by stop-orders....

Financial planning

A Sydney finance executive has been charged with insider trading after allegedly operating on insights from a close friend who was employed by a large financial services ...

Superannuation

With the increased scrutiny of self-managed super funds (SMSF) from the regulator, the soon-to-be-introduced penalty regime for trustees and the increasing diligence of S...

Financial planning

NAB Wealth will refund customers after it found some of its customers had received incorrect compensation after an investment income error on its Navigator platform....

Financial planning

Advisers have been encouraged to incorporate limited managed discretionary accounts (MDAs) into their suite of services before the corporate regulator moves. ...

Financial planning

ASIC band former Melbourne credit representative from undertaking credit activities for five years....

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Australian retirees could increase their projected annual incomes by as much as 51 per cent through comprehensive financial advice, according to a Vanguard study, but cos...

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ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...

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