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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