ASIC

Funds management

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is seeking feedback on proposals about exchange traded products and other investment products that provide investors ...

Policy & Regulation

The corporate regulator has disqualified self-managed super fund auditor Gordon Shrubsole for breaching independence and auditing standards....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of BBY Limited, effective 24 June, following the earlier susp...

Financial planning

Financial adviser Hannah Jennings has been banned after the corporate regulator found she was inappropriately recommending clients double gearing strategies....

Financial planning

The data from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission showed that the number of advisers dropped this week by 112 to 19,631. ...

Financial planning

The introduction of the single disciplinary body as part of the Better Advice Bill will lift standards as it will be individual advisers who have to register themselves a...

Financial planning

Another FASEA exam in 2022 will remove “great uncertainty” if advisers need to re-take the exam in November, according to the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Associat...

Financial planning

The additional Australian financial services licence conditions imposed on Societe Generale Securities Australia a year ago have been removed from 3 June, 2021. ...

Policy & Regulation

The legislation to set up the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority has passed to assist the corporate watchdog’s new chair to ensure the Australian Securities and Inv...

Financial planning

The corporate watchdog’s guidance on the scope of civil penalty provisions and what may amount to trivial breaches does not provide sufficient objectivity to assist licen...

Funds management

The corporate regulator has removed a barrier to entry for offshore market-making entities wanting to participate in the Australian exchange traded fund market....

Superannuation

A second stage as part of the super test benchmark is needed to avoid relying on automation which could create issues similar to that of the Robodebt saga, according to t...

Policy & Regulation

The corporate regulator says implementation of the compensation scheme of last resort has been delayed due to budgetary reasons....

Policy & Regulation

The corporate watchdog is looking at its enforcement settings as priorities have changed but being an active litigant when needed is still on the table. ...

Financial planning

The decrease in adviser roles number this week was almost twice as many as the loss of actual advisers at 100 and 53, respectively, due to double authorisations, accordin...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 4 weeks ago

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

6 months ago

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

8 months 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....

4 weeks ago

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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