ASIC
Financial planning
Australian Financial Services ends its run as licence cancelled under voluntary administration....
Financial planning
ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell has cautioned dealer groups on hiring planners who previously worked for dodgy advice practices....
Editorial
Macquarie Group has announced a 17 per cent increase in net profit of $851 million for the full-year ended 31 March....
Financial planning
In an unusual twist the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a warning calling for consumers to be wary of cold callers claiming to represen...
Editorial
With the Federal Budget, end of financial year and Federal Election looming, the financial planning industry is still facing a number of critical legislative loose ends. ...
Financial planning
Financial advisers’ behaviour flagged after complaints of inappropriate advice....
Funds management
ASIC’s review of MDA guidance has major flaws, according to Bailey Roberts Group....
Financial planning
ASIC has successfully applied to the Supreme Court of Queensland for three south-east Queensland based companies to be wound up following its investigation into an unlice...
Financial planning
A former Bell Potter Securities adviser has been sentenced for dishonest conduct involving more than $1.7 million....
Superannuation
ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft points to greater scrutiny of super funds flowing form market-based financing....
People & Products
ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell has been promoted to deputy chair for a five-year period and will commence his new role on 6 May....
Editorial
Financial planners are going to be fundamentally affected by the Tax Agent Services Act but, as Cecilia Storniolo explains, there will be many unanswered questions almost...
Superannuation
SMSFs may be booming - but the unwary can also find themselves within the sights of a small number of dodgy property advisers and mortgage brokers, writes Damon Taylor. ...
Superannuation
ASIC is urging SMSF auditors to apply for registration before the end of the month. ...
Superannuation
SPAA has cautioned against any over-reaction following the release of the ASIC report into professional advice in the self-managed super fund sector....
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...