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Financial planning
Treasury has issued a consultation paper detailing the proposed levy figures for APRA and ASIC in 2023-24....
Funds management
EXCLUSIVE Popular ETFs could soon come under ASIC’s radar as major ESG funds hold stocks that leading investment managers believe are far from ethical....
Funds management
A former fund manager has been banned by ASIC for three years for naked short selling of shares worth $7 million....
Financial planning
AMP Life and AMP Financial Planning have been issued a $24 million penalty by the Federal Court in relation to charging deceased clients for insurance and financial advic...
Financial planning
The Federal Court has ordered MLC Limited pay a $10 million penalty for misleading customers and failing to pay promised benefits....
Policy & Regulation
Leah Sciacca, ASIC senior executive for financial advisers, has outlined some of the activities of the Financial Services and Credit Panel, which commenced operations las...
Financial planning
ASIC’s senior executive leader, Leah Sciacca, has provided an update on the status of financial adviser registration with the regulator since it was delayed in November 2...
Funds management
ASIC is unlikely to slow its pace on greenwashing enforcement, according to deputy chair Karen Chester, or it will run the risk of making Australia a target for misconduc...
Financial planning
Athan Papoulias, former contractor to and promoter of Courtenay House investments, has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for his role in the Ponzi scheme....
Funds management
ASIC has outlined the most common mistakes made by funds when creating their target market determinations as well as how many products have been withdrawn from the market...
Financial planning
The first person to be convicted of a ‘pump and dump’ scheme has been sentenced and fined after pleading guilty to charges of share manipulation and illegal dissemination...
Funds management
Wealth manager and stockbroker Ord Minnett has paid $888k to comply with an infringement notice from the Markets Disciplinary Panel regarding a buy-back....
Financial planning
Although finfluencers tend to “swim outside the safety flags”, Insignia chief executive Renato Mota believes they signal an unmet demand from a younger generation seekin...
Superannuation
Future Super has received an infringement notice from ASIC over alleged greenwashing, this time related to a social media post by the fund, following earlier action again...
Financial planning
ASIC has banned Terence Rio Nugara, director of Skynet Financial Services, for obtaining $1.6 million from misleading clients and enabling the early release of superannua...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...