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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued guidance to promoters of 'crowd funding' in order to provide clarity on arrangements that may fall ...
Financial planning
ASIC targets securities dealers over mis-selling and inadequate advice....
Policy & Regulation
ASIC signals it will apply the same rules to both scaled and holistic advice....
Financial planning
The financial services regulator has identified conflicts of interest present in asset consultant business models, which it said needed to be managed properly....
Financial planning
Opposition puts regulators and industry funds on notice referencing parliamentary accountability and competitive neutrality....
Financial planning
ASIC cancels credit licence and warns on need for EDR scheme membership....
Financial planning
Financial planning groups are restructuring salary models to make sure their planners are rewarded after the ban on commissions officially comes in on 1 July 2013....
Claims that SMSFs have no recourse against fraud and theft are simply not true, according to SPAA....
Life/Risk
Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden has announced a new life insurance sales policy revolving around the clawback of commissions if a policy lapses in...
Policy & Regulation
The regulator has confirmed scaled advice can be provided under best interests duties outlined in Future of Financial Advice changes....
Financial planning
ASIC said it is currently unable to provide clarity on some key licensee concerns....
Policy & Regulation
Australia's two financial services regulators have acknowledged the level of stress and uncertainty being experienced by financial services companies as a result of the G...
Financial planning
ASIC confirms reasons for cancelling Morrison Carr licence and director banning....
Editorial
Mike Taylor writes that the reputational damage often suffered by the financial planning industry might be substantially reduced if regulators and the media were a little...
Financial planning
ASIC will distribute $81,500 to investors duped by a cold-calling scam....
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...