ASIC

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...

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...

Life/Risk

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

Funds management

Centuria Property Funds has come out in support of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC's) proposals to improve disclosure in the unlisted propert...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released a consultation paper and draft regulatory guide for the advertising of financial products and advice....

Financial planning

The Government has announced the proposed new fee model to raise around $18 million to have the industry fund ASIC's market supervision activities....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has entered into enforceable undertakings (EUs) with the remaining two former directors of Trio Capital, Keith...

Financial planning

A former company director of Financial Partners Pty Ltd has been committed to stand trial on 14 charges of dishonest conduct involving investor funds, according to the Au...

Financial planning

ASIC has released a regulatory guide for contracts for difference (CFD) issuers in order to provide greater disclosure to investors....

Financial planning

Breaches around structured products and advice see ASIC impose licence conditions on JB Global....

Superannuation

The ICAA has backed a stronger regime of SMSF auditor registration as being more effective than a competency exam....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has turned its attention to the inner workings of the investment research industry, including research houses'...

Financial planning

Peter Joyner and Associates has lost its Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) for failing to maintain adequate professional indemnity (PI) insurance, among other ...

Editorial

Frequent changes in the law mean compliance issues can often be a legal minefield. Here, lawyers David Court, Sonnie Bailey and Kathryn Wardrobe answer three frequently a...

Financial planning

Trustee companies will have more time to deal with disputes following ASIC's decision to update the complaints process....

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