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Funds management

The Federal Court has ordered managed investment scheme operator, PE Capital Funds Management, into liquidation due to operating schemes without a licence....

Funds management

The final report into Sterling Income Trust has concluded the regulator displayed a “lack of concern” and its failure to take proactive action mean it is unlikely regulat...

Financial planning

The Administrative Appeal Tribunal has upheld the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s 2015 banning of former Provident Capital director, Michael Roger O’Su...

Financial planning

The Federal Court has ordered RI Advice Group to pay a $6 million penalty for failing to take reasonable steps to ensure that its authorised representative provided appro...

Financial planning

The new Financial Accountability Regime between APRA and ASIC will have clearly defined roles to avoid duplicate reporting to multiple agencies....

Financial planning

Former Radar Iron Limited and Armada Capital director, Ananada Kathiravelu, has been banned from providing financial services for three years following market manipulatio...

Financial planning

Paul Kevin Bennetts has been banned from providing financial services for six years after asking a compliance officer to complete his Australian Institute of Company Dire...

Policy & Regulation

The corporate regulator will be working with regulatory technology entities for its Business Research and Innovation Initiative, dealing with the challenges of corporate ...

Financial planning

While adviser numbers continued to decrease this week, it was at a slower pace than anticipated as many licensees are yet to report their data to the corporate regulator....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is consulting with interested parties on updating guidance for the naming conventions of exchange traded produ...

Superannuation

The superannuation fund is the first licensee to have a civil penalty imposed for failing to report breaches to the corporate regulator since its new penalty powers were ...

Superannuation

The corporate regulator has noticed an increase in marketing recommending Australians to switch to self-managed superannuation funds that invest in crypto, and has warned...

Policy & Regulation

Greater oversight from the corporate regulator of financial and compensation arrangements will reduce unpaid determination risk and ensure the CSLR operates as a genuine ...

Financial planning

The cost to sit the financial adviser exam will be higher than initial estimates as it moves to being run by the corporate regulator and any Standard 3 amendment responsi...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission ended 2021 with a raft of fines, bannings, licence cancellations, and a bankruptcy notice....

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5 months 3 weeks ago

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

5 months 3 weeks ago

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

7 months 4 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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The Federal Court has made interim travel restraint orders against two Falcon Capital directors, while also freezing one director’s assets....

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