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Financial planning

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) affirms ASIC’s seven-year ban on a Wollongong financial planner from providing financial services....

Funds management

ASIC has provided relief for mFund settlement Service clients through a class order. ...

Financial planning

Former PIS boss Robbie Bennetts claims ASIC lacks an understanding of the financial services sector, is unwilling to listen and is not trusted and respected by the financ...

Editorial

Grandfathering – specifically the transition of pre-existing commission-based advice fees into the new FOFA arrangements – was an industry football that kept getting kick...

Editorial

Throughout 2013, ASIC executives repeatedly used AAA Financial Intelligence as an example of how not to run a financial planning dealer group....

Editorial

The Coalition signaled early that one of its first priorities if it won Government at the 2013 Federal Election would be 'Son of Wallis' – essentially an update of the Fi...

Financial planning

Former Storm Financial head Emmanuel Cassimatis has alleged the group's failure was the result of ASIC actively working against it. ...

Superannuation

Media Super pays a $10,200 penalty after producing potentially misleading advertising, says ASIC....

Financial planning

ASIC has used its fourth major submission to the Senate Inquiry to point to a brand new culture at Commonwealth Financial Planning....

Financial planning

The corporate regulator has worked through the Christmas and New Year period, having made a number of key announcements during the three weeks....

Funds management

Former directors of Prime Trust, including former Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care Dr Michael Wooldridge, breached their duties as company officers, according to...

Financial planning

Four mortgage brokers banned for providing false information....

Financial planning

ASIC defends its use of industry experts and insists such practices are subject to robust conflict management....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) wants to shut down a Tasmanian debenture firm, which it says failed to meet the strict legal requirements of i...

Financial planning

ASIC rejects suggestions that an exemption allowed for generic online calculators compromised its regulatory approach....

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