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Life/Risk

Major life insurer TAL has been taken to court by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on charges relating to issues raised during the Royal Commission in...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has formally acknowledged that some advisers are struggling to obtain professional indemnity insurance, but the regul...

Policy & Regulation

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is now officially overdue in providing answers to key questions around Australian Securities and Investments Commissi...

Policy & Regulation

Insurance inside superannuation needs a properly resourced code administrator with sanction powers, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

Superannuation

The superannuation industry has been urged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to focus more on improving life insurance outcomes for its members....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has investigated 10 superannuation funds in the past four years – nine of them were retail funds....

Funds management

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has taken further steps to wind up Chris Marco’s alleged unregistered managed investment scheme....

Financial planning

Amid concern and confusion around how the Australian Securities and Investments Commission yearly opt-in and fee disclosure will work, adviser groups are urging flexibili...

Financial planning

An Australian Securities and Investments Commission document providing tips for financial advisers on how to deal with the new fee disclosure regime has served to highlig...

Policy & Regulation

The likely introduction of a Director Identification Number (DIN) next year may put paid to some controversial multiple directorship in the financial services industry....

Superannuation

Assumptions in retirement income projections provided by super funds need to be reviewed and made more consistent, according to Willis Towers Watson....

Financial planning

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees says the Australian Securities and Investments Commission report into financial advice by superannuation funds highlig...

Financial planning

Former financial adviser Mustafa Mohammed, MyWealth Manager and other related entities are being investigated by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission....

Policy & Regulation

Unsolicited cold call sales of direct life insurance and consumer credit insurance are to be banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed the reliance of superannuation funds on general advice and the regulator’s concerns about vertical inte...

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5 months 3 weeks ago

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

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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....

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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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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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