ASIC
Financial planning
The Bank of Queensland has issued a brief statement confirming it is the subject of an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....
Financial planning
The WA Financial Services Forum has written to ASIC requesting it publish any reports from its Quality of Advice project in the 'interests of transparency'....
Financial planning
The Financial Ombudsman Service appears set to be able to accept complaints by consumers against financial advisers up to a value of $500,000 from next year....
Financial planning
ASIC is conducting a national survey of larger dealer groups, with around 30 having been contacted to submit Statements of Advice from their top five advisers....
Financial planning
Former ACT Mortgages broker sentenced following the use of false accountant letters in order to have low doc loans approved....
Superannuation
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Financial planning
Former property developer and mortgage broker has pleaded not guilty to charges of obtaining investors' funds through misleading statements and misappropriating funds....
Financial planning
After nearly nine months, ASIC has lifted the short-selling ban but has warned that it will reimpose it immediately if market circumstances dictate....
Financial planning
Changes will require schemes to deal with complaints of up to $500,000 and increase compensation claims to cater for increases in portfolio values....
Financial planning
ASIC to hold road show raising awareness of its role in protecting and educating retail investors....
Financial planning
With the global financial crisis giving rise to increasing numbers of financial scams, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled it is clamping d...
Financial planning
ASIC's deputy chairman, Jeremy Cooper, has flagged the regulator’s intention to take an increasing role in the education of retail investors, but should this be the regul...
Financial planning
Financial planners are facing the reality of another shadow shopping exercise by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission next financial year....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has initiated further action related to the Kassongo Superannuation Fund related to the early release of superannuati...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has intervened in NSW Supreme Court proceedings creating what amounts to a test case on the provision of low document...
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