ASIC

Financial planning

With or without code monitoring bodies or a single disciplinary body, some licensees have been breach-reporting to ASIC on adviser code breaches....

Policy & Regulation

The corporate regulator has obtained orders to wind up Australasia Wealth Services and Management, Marigold Falconer International, and My Wealth Adviser....

Financial planning

The February sitting of the FASEA exam saw a pass rate of 82% and the June exam will not have a face-to-face sitting....

Financial planning

Former adviser James Gibbs has been permanently banned, the first imposed utilising the recent extensions to the corporate regulator’s banning powers....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has pointed to hundreds of millions earned by stockbrokers, advisers and advice firms as a result of the stamping fee...

Funds management

It is alleged the sponsored link advertisements promoting Mayfair debenture products were misleading or deceptive....

SMSF

Charterhill director, George Nowak misappropriated $1.2 million in self-managed superannuation fund monies to fund a lavish lifestyle. ...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has created some time and space for advisers by delaying, for now, its work on life insurance advice and conflicted g...

Financial planning

The corporate regulator is only putting the brakes on terminating grandfathered commissions because consumers have started to realise the cost of advice has escalated due...

Financial planning

FS Securities, Your Super Life, and MyPlanner Australia have all had their Australian financial services licenses cancelled....

Expert Analysis

As Australia moves under lockdown, ASIC needs to ease the regulatory burden for advisers unable to meet face-to-face with clients, writes Shannon Bernasconi....

Expert Analysis

We all need to keep our vigilance high during these extraordinary times, but perhaps nowhere is our attention more warranted than over money and data, writes Dean Martin....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has fired a shot over the bows of real estate agents who have been providing ‘advice’ to hard-pressed tenants about a...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission was only conducting five investigations relating to industry funds compared to 16 relating to retail funds. ...

Financial planning

It was well known that a consortium led by the FPA and AFA was seeking authorisation of as a code monitoring body but the Australian Securities and Investments Commission...

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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 3 weeks ago

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

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

2 weeks 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...

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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....

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