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Policy & Regulation

If successful, it will be only the second win in Australia against a company for insider trading, but also has the potential to be another big loss in court for the corpo...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has sought to step around tough parliamentary questioning about its views on AMP and how it has handled buyer of last...

Financial planning

Cases like Mayfair 101 highlight the need for an update of the term ‘wholesale investor’, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, as it carries...

Financial planning

The corporate regulator’s decision to ignore the problem with the term ‘general advice’ will continue to confuse consumers, according to the Financial Planning Associatio...

Financial planning

The proceedings related to the bank's role in executing a $12 billion interest rate swap transaction with AustralianSuper and a group of IFM entities....

Financial planning

Rahul Goel of AR Wealth and Finance in Western Australia has also been charged with three counts of false certification of documents....

Features

Mike Taylor writes that the popularity of self-managed superannuation funds and the failure of the so-called limited licensing regime may make SMSFs the test-bed for prop...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted it has discretion over the so-called ASIC levy, and has pointed to Federal budgeting for driving the cur...

People & Products

The Government has appointed Joe Longo as its chair, replacing James Shipton....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has changed the financial requirements for some types of Australian financial services licensees by allowing them to ...

Policy & Regulation

The corporate regulator has banned another former authorised representative for misleading clients about MySuper opt-outs....

Financial planning

If the Australian Securities and Investments Commission had been tougher on the major banks and AMP over advice failings, small licensees would not be forced into paying ...

Superannuation

Administration fees are one of the biggest drains on retirement savings and including them in the test will drive fast improvements to the super savings of over a million...

Financial planning

The major financial planning representative groups have met informally to discuss the direction of policy amid the Australia Securities and Investments Commission’s conti...

Financial planning

ASIC has announced that IOOF licensees, Bridges and RI Advice, have entered into a commitment on remedial action around client files....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 2 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 2 weeks ago

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

7 months 3 weeks ago

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

1 week 3 days ago

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...

3 weeks 4 days ago

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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