ASIC

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....

Financial planning

ASIC has frozen $3.4 million in funds held by Investment Intelligence Corporation amid suspicion it operated without an AFSL....

Financial planning

Professional codes of conduct that meet approval in terms of obviating the need for financial advisers to comply with opt-in will need to achieve the same outcomes as opt...

Life/Risk

Funeral insurance could be the most expensive way to manage funeral costs, and ASIC is urging investors to consider all the alternatives....

Financial planning

ASIC has released a consultation paper on the public trading of Commonwealth Government Securities in a bid to develop a broad, liquid corporate bond market....

Financial planning

A former director of a purported investment company has pleaded guilty to three criminal charges following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigati...

Financial planning

The company formerly known as RAMS Mortgage Corporation will refund more than $3.3 million to its customers after charging what the regulator considered unfair early term...

Editorial

An Australian Crime Commission report into investment scams has underscored the role financial planners have in protecting investors from themselves....

Editorial

Kathryn Wardrobe outlines some of the finer details of the new credit legislation which might have slipped through the cracks....

Funds management

An ASIC review of unlisted property managed investment scheme responsible entities has pointed to some deficits and an ongoing review program....

Financial planning

An adviser specialising in self-managed super funds has pleaded guilty to taking $250,000 from his clients by deception and making a false statement to ASIC....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

2 weeks ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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

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