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Having proposed changes earlier this year, ASIC has clarified how it will support licensees with additional relief under the reportable situations regime....
Financial planning
Money Management rounds up actions ASIC took against advice individuals in the first half for FY25 from exam falsifications to dishonest conduct....
Financial planning
ASIC has accepted a court enforceable undertaking from a Perth-based company auditor who failed to adequately conduct multiple audits on an advice firm that receivers say...
Financial planning
ASIC is calling on licensees to review their client onboarding practices to avoid vulnerabilities associated with share sale fraud, noting particular concerns in the use ...
Financial planning
The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...
Funds management
Equity Trustees has paid three infringement notices issued by ASIC in which the corporate regulator alleged it made misleading statement about investments in a sustainabl...
Financial planning
ASIC has launched court proceedings against the responsible entity of three managed investment schemes with around 600 retail investors....
Financial planning
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...
Financial planning
ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...
Financial planning
ASIC has sent warning notices to social media finfluencers who it suspects are providing unlicensed financial advice to Australians as part of a global crackdown by inter...
Funds management
The corporate regulator has announced it is taking action against Australian Unity regarding alleged failures by the fund manager in its target market determinations. ...
Financial planning
The former chief executive of failed stockbroker BBY has been charged in relation to the alleged dishonest conduct of the firm....
Financial planning
ASIC has issued a warning to financial advisers to ensure they are complying with client consent requirements when entering into ongoing fee arrangements....
Funds management
Reacting to ASIC’s public and private markets discussion paper, research houses BondAdviser and SQM Research have detailed how they believe investors can be better protec...
Financial planning
With more than 4,600 advisers yet to meet the qualifications standards, the corporate regulator has once again urged relevant providers to check their Financial Advisers ...
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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...