ASIC

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....

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of 42-planner dealer group Morrison-Carr and permanently banned its sole director Dennis Cardakaris from providing financial services....

Financial planning

ASIC has imposed a five-year ban on Sydney businessman Leigh Barker for misleading investors and losing $12.5 million....

Policy & Regulation

Some question the background of key ASIC personnel handling FOFA regulatory development....

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL and national credit license of 42-planner dealer group Morrison Carr Financial Services....

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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 4 weeks ago

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

8 months ago

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

2 weeks 6 days ago

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

3 weeks 4 days ago

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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