AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council is calling on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to include a 12-month transition period for licensees to adjust to chang...

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Financial planning

The Australian Finance Industry Association has opposed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s proposal to lower the consumer compensation threshold from ...

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People & Products

The Morrison Government has appointed 31 candidates as part-time members of the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP)....

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Features

Managed accounts have come a long way in the two decades that they have been growing in Australia, Liam Cormican writes, but the only thing holding them back is their com...

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Features

Business processes, succession planning and system efficiency are among areas that advisers can focus on this year thanks to a lull in regulatory change, writes Oksana Pa...

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Expert Analysis

The professional year offers new entrants a bridge between academic theory of the post-Hayne landscape and the real world of service, writes Anne Palmer. ...

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Financial planning

Just because experienced advisers may no longer need to fulfill the education requirements does not mean they should avoid it as extra study can help boost client trust....

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Funds management

More issues like the Sterling Collapse will occur and policies settings need to be addressed such as having ‘risk discovery advice’ to help prevent investors from making ...

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Financial planning

Over 1,300 advisers are expected to drop off the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s register between now and the start of the next year....

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Financial planning

The corporate regulator believes its guidance along with penalties will help accelerate fee-for-no service remediation payments as there is still $3.7 billion left unpaid...

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Financial planning

The collapse of Sterling Group was caused by the company being too ambitious with its return targets, according to the regulator, rather than any improper financial deali...

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Features

After years under the regulatory radar, Laura Dew writes, cryptocurrency has finally hit the mainstream with a succession of announcements aimed at making retail access e...

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Financial planning

The registration of financial advisers under the Better Advice Act will occur in two stages with the second commencing once the register transitions to the Australian Tax...

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Policy & Regulation

The corporate regulator has banned Melbourne-based financial adviser Ashok Sherwal from providing financial services for six years after giving inappropriate advice for h...

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Policy & Regulation

The corporate regulator has added 12 examples in response to feedback received from its consultation on the prohibition of hawking financial products. ...

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