ASIC

Editorial

The Federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey, has signalled a “son of Wallis” review of the Australian financial system and, as Mike Taylor writes, the industry is already starting ...

Funds management

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has changed the definition of ‘hedge fund’ in a bid to tighten disclosure requirements for higher-risk schemes...

Funds management

ASIC confirms GTL TradeUp has entered liquidation....

Financial planning

Perth-based Chambers Investment Partners has had its Australian financial services licence cancelled after the company failed to obtain professional indemnity insurance a...

Financial planning

ISA and AIST call for simpler process around lifting advice qualification standards....

Financial planning

Sonray director Russell Johnson faces sentencing next month after pleading guilty to seven ASIC charges in the Victorian Supreme Court....

Financial planning

FPA to make submission around transparency and consistency of dispute resolution scheme....

Financial planning

ASIC claims to have been misinterpreted and that it will now consider matters relating to the RBA/Iraq bribery allegations....

Superannuation

SPAA claims the level of exposure of SMSFs to residential property is being over-stated. ...

Financial planning

ASIC uses examples of its actions against financial planners and others to defend its record. ...

Funds management

Gold Coast-based fund manager Peter Drake has had his passport seized and assets frozen....

Financial planning

FPA recommends creation of stakeholder body to drive education standards....

Financial planning

Perpetual has received the final regulatory approval required to proceed with its acquisition of The Trust Company, with the New Zealand Overseas Investment Office granti...

Financial planning

A roundtable is warned that ASIC runs the risk of being sued if it tries to head off trouble in the financial services industry before it occurs....

Financial planning

Lawyers target planners as ASIC says PI is a risk management tool rather than a consumer protection mechanism....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 3 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 4 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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The Federal Court has made interim travel restraint orders against two Falcon Capital directors, while also freezing one director’s assets....

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