ASIC

Life/Risk

A Victorian insurance broker has pleaded guilty to stealing over $660,000 of clients’ money over a seven-month period....

Superannuation

SPAA has urged auditors to register early with ASIC to ensure they can undertake SMSF audits from 1 July 2013....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its intention to leave intra-fund advice out of the FOFA adviser charging regime....

Editorial

While financial planners accept the reasons they are required to hold Professional Indemnity insurance, there are signs the system needs a review....

Superannuation

Will 2013 be the defining year for self-managed super funds? Bryan Ashenden's policy overview discusses the implications for advisers....

Life/Risk

ASIC report on relief decisions has revealed the regulator's steadfast attitude on PI....

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the financial services licence of AAA Shares, a national dealer group based in Adelaide....

Financial planning

Some financial services licensees claim parts of the regulatory guidance on scaled advice are still open to interpretation - which could potentially lead to liability iss...

Financial planning

ASIC alleges Oliver Peter Curtis made over $1 million in profit by participating in an insider trading conspiracy with the convicted tipper John Hartman....

Funds management

Macquarie Equities enters into enforceable undertaking with ASIC over compliance deficiencies....

Financial planning

The financial planning industry has welcomed ASIC's guidance on fee disclosure, though some argue it should have applied only to new clients....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that FOFA is already beginning to change the shape and texture of the financial planning industry – something likely to be reflected in a rash of annou...

Superannuation

The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has signed up to a UN committee that supports approximately 300,000 advisers globally....

Financial planning

Almost all financial advice was scoped to a point, so lines between scaled and complex advice are quite blurred, according to AMP director of advice Scott Machin....

Financial planning

An investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has led to the conviction of a former NSW-based mortgage broker....

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