ASIC

Policy & Regulation

Regulatory uncertainty is causing the financial planning industry to contract and dissuading young graduates from taking up the profession, according to FSC chief John Br...

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Financial planning

ASIC releases a new guide on financial services advertising, but remains vague on Senate questions asked about Industry Super Network's 'compare the pair' campaign....

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Financial planning

ASIC releases a new guide on financial services advertising, but remains vague on Senate questions asked about Industry Super Network's 'compare the pair' campaign....

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Financial planning

One case of inappropriate financial advice was identified by ASIC in the six-month period to December 2011....

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Financial planning

One case of inappropriate financial advice was identified by ASIC in the six-month period to December 2011....

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Accounting

An ASIC investigation has seen a Melbourne accountant facing 37 charges over unregistered managed investment schemes....

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Financial planning

ASIC wants retail investors to better understand the conditions and risks of hybrid securities and unsecured notes....

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Financial planning

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has flagged surveillance around residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) disclosure standards in 2012....

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Financial planning

The financial services regulator has raised several concerns with respect to financial advice provided at the Australian Financial Services (AFS) Group, and will impose a...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has accepted an enforceable undertaking from Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFP)....

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Superannuation

The Federal Opposition has succeeded in having ASIC review the latest ISN television advertising campaign....

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Financial planning

Former Sonray Capital Markets chief executive officer Scott Kenneth Murray has been sentenced to 5 years jail by ASIC after pleading guilty to 10 charges of fraud....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) believes the liability for scaled online financial advice should fall on a financial planner, but a lack of sp...

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Life/Risk

The way professional indemnity (PI) underwriters assess a financial planner's risk coupled with ambiguous regulatory guidelines means a fresh approach to product regulati...

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Life/Risk

ASIC has permanently banned a Tasmania-based insurance agent from providing financial services after being convicted of fraud offences....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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