ASIC

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....

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....

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