ASIC

Life/Risk

Virgin Money has been fined more than $30,000 for misleading advertising related to its promotion of a life insurance product....

Financial planning

ASIC has rebuffed suggestions HFT is a problem and stated a ‘lack of hysteria’ should not be mistaken for complacency....

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the licence of a subsidiary of the collapsed Banksia Financial Group but will continue investigation...

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Parramatta-based insurance broker WD Gelle Insurance and Finance Brokers Pty Ltd....

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the licence of a CBA-owned advice group, the second in a month, following a request from the bank. ...

Financial planning

ASIC has suspended the licence of failed debenture issuer and mortgage lender Provident Capital Limited....

Financial planning

ASIC should be given powers to pursue compensation including the first right to sue ahead of investors involved in class actions....

Financial planning

Former sole director of Sonray Capital Markets, Russell Andrew Johnson, has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail after pleading guilty to seven charges last yea...

Superannuation

Macquarie Bank's David Barrett takes a closer look at the cost complexities of setting up a SMSF....

Financial planning

ASIC bans advisers after conviction for dishonest conduct...

Financial planning

Newspaper reports are speculating that the Government will sell off ASIC’s company registry business. ...

Superannuation

SPAA supports ASIC’s drive for tougher measures to tackle the 'bad apples’ of the financial services industry....

Financial planning

ASIC moves against another financial services company over misleading advertising....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that ASIC is right to pursue managers with just as much vigour as it pursues financial planners when things go wrong. ...

Financial planning

ASIC tells a Senate Committee that while Commonwealth Financial Planning has lived up to its enforceable undertaking requirements, further work is required on its breach ...

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Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...

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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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