AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reinforced that its responsible lending action against Westpac was a test case....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has updated its guidance on climate change related disclosure....

Policy & Regulation

An appeal by Sydney lawyer and accountant Yingjie Wang against his permanent banning from providing financial services has been dismissed by the Federal Court of Australi...

Policy & Regulation

National Australia Bank has again found itself the subject of adverse media following the publication of leaked audit documents relating to its risk governance standards....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has estimated that remediation provisioning by Australia’s major financial institutions has so far reached $9 billion...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has fired a shot over the bows of superannuation funds tempted to provide inducements to employers to nominate them a...

Financial planning

The Government has imposed the administrative burden of redistributing grandfathered remuneration on product issuers rather than onto financial advisers or licensees....

Life/Risk

Life/risk advisers face taking account of a new factor – the reality that Government changes to bring insurance under the Unfair Contracts Terms regime will expose life i...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has commenced proceedings against ANZ over account and periodic payment fees after it was alleged to have unlawfully ...

Financial planning

High profile former adviser, Sam Henderson has been banned from providing financial services for three years....

Policy & Regulation

Former Adelaide financial adviser James Gibbs has been sentenced for 10 years imprisonment to theft and other dishonesty offences, totalling approximately $4.88 million....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is arguing it can exercise its product intervention powers even if there has been no breach of the law....

Financial planning

A major accountancy body has warned the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that rising levies may promote an exodus by accountants working under limited pla...

Policy & Regulation

Hacking a publisher’s Wi-Fi network with the intention of insider trading, engaging in insider trading, and deleting data from devices being examined by ASIC have seen an...

Financial planning

The private contractual nature of Buyer of Last Resort arrangements has served to leave the major planning organisations on the sidelines as advisers see their pay-outs e...

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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’...

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Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...

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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...

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ASIC has canceled the AFSL of Sydney-based asset consultant and research firm....

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The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its latest interest rate decision following this week's monetary policy meeting....

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A former financial adviser who stole $4.4 million from his family and friends to feed gambling debts has been permanently banned by ASIC....

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