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Funds management
Four interim stop orders issued against Spaceship are the latest in a series of issues between the investment firm and the regulator over the last five years....
Financial planning
Single disciplinary body the Financial Services and Credit Panel has published its first outcome, relating to an adviser who impersonated a client on the phone....
Financial planning
ASIC has suspended the AFS licence of a managed investment schemes and general advice provider after it failed to lodge financial statements and audit reports for the fin...
People & Products
ASIC has made its first interim stop order on a superannuation product as well as on three managed funds, all run by Spaceship Capital....
Funds management
With ASIC playing a role in interpreting the law through materials like regulatory guides and in part enforcing the law through stop orders, a panel has questioned if the...
Financial planning
ASIC has extended the deadline for registration of financial advisers and shared when it expects the portal to open....
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....
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...