ASIC

Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned Colin James Oberg from providing financial services after he withdrew over $1.55 million of client funds without permission....

Financial planning

Participants in the Australian Securities Exchange and Chi-X markets will be required to report any suspicious reporting activity under ASIC's new market integrity rules....

Superannuation

ASIC has moved against two unlicensed SMSF advice firms after finding they misled clients about their investments....

Financial planning

IOOF's offer to purchase Plan B at a 33 per cent premium was cited by the Plan B board as a major factor in its decision to unanimously recommend the takeover....

Financial planning

After taking more than $150,000 from 100 of his clients, Mayfield-based risk agent Phillip Paddison has received a permanent ban from the financial services industry, ASI...

Financial planning

Cyre Trilogy has resorted to contacting financial planners to try and force APGF to hand over the register for one of a number of trusts the pair have been battling over....

Financial planning

An unlicensed Sydney-based financial planner has been permanently banned from providing financial services by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

Policy & Regulation

Association of Financial Advisers looks to take facilitative approach on implementation of the Future of Financial Advice regulations....

Financial planning

It is highly unlikely that 37 investors who lost approximately $680,000 in a Gold Coast-based investment scam will ever recover their money, according to ASIC....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the existence of large payments and the perception that a sales culture continues to exist in the financial planning space represents a dangerous ...

Financial planning

One of the men who led the Timbercorp Growers Group through a number of legal battles, Chris Garnaut, has written to ASIC raising issues around actions taken by the Respo...

Financial planning

ASIC has reminded the industry that advertising campaigns will be closely watched and regularly reviewed....

Financial planning

A South-Australian based financial planner has pleaded guilty to one count of deception and two counts of dishonest dealings with documents....

Financial planning

ASIC has formed an agreement with New Zealand's FMA which will allow advisers trained in Australia to have their qualifications recognised in New Zealand and vice versa....

Financial planning

A former director of a South Australian insurance broker has appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on 88 charges of dishonesty following an investigation by ASIC....

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

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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...

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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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