ASIC
Financial planning
The Government and Treasury should seek to avoid repeating the FASEA mistakes by using the establishment of a Single Disciplinary Body to reduce regulatory costs. ...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed it is closely monitoring the delivery of financial advice by superannuation funds against the terms of ...
Financial planning
Some financial advisers have expressed concern at being drawn into giving advice to inexperienced to clients on property syndicates because of the impact of Design and Di...
Financial planning
Robert Patrick Marie has been banned by the corporate regulator for four years from providing any financial services....
Editorial
Thousands of low-balance, high maintenance clients are being orphaned in the wash-up of what is emerging as significant failure by successive governments to understand th...
Funds management
The corporate regulator has alleged PE Capital Funds Management had operated a number of unregistered managed investment schemes without an Australian financial services ...
Policy & Regulation
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
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
While the other regulators grew their staff numbers, the Budget papers point to a net loss for ASIC. ...
Financial planning
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
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
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
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
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...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...