ASIC

Policy & Regulation

Treasurer’s office insists ASIC will have more, not less staff

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s office is arguing that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has not missed out on staffing resources in the Budget. ...

Superannuation

SMSF scammers posing as financial advisers

The scammers are promising high returns of 8% to 20% per annum if the investors moved their super balance to a new self-managed superannuation fund. ...

Policy & Regulation

Budget points to fewer staff within ASIC

While the other regulators grew their staff numbers, the Budget papers point to a net loss for ASIC. ...

Financial planning

FPA welcomes cap on ASIC spending

The Financial Planning Association has pointed to the winding up of FASEA and a cap on Australian Securities and Investments Commission spending as being positives from t...

Financial planning

ASIC warns about suspicious website

The corporate regulator is warning investors that the website limestonefx.com is suspicious and that it cannot help reclaim any lost funds, as it is hosted overseas....

Financial planning

The reality of advisers discarding C-grade clients

Grandfathered arrangements may have ended on 31 December, last year, but many clients and potential clients are only now getting some hard news from advisers about what a...

Financial planning

Hume’s office confirms Govt backing for FASEA rules

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s functions may have been devolved to Treasury and ASIC but the minister is making clear that nothing else has change...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC proceedings set to be a ‘landmark’ case

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

Worried about AMP and BOLR? Don’t ask ASIC

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

'Wholesale investor' term outdated: ASIC

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

ASIC’s non-action on general advice disappointing: FPA

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

ASIC commences insider trading civil proceedings against Westpac

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

Adviser charged with 12 counts of dishonest conduct

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

Features

Will SMSF advice be a test-bed for limited advice changes?

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

ASIC admits it has levy discretion

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...