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Financial planning

ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Commonwealth Financial Planning financial adviser that sees him banned from financial services for two years for faili...

Financial planning

Shorter and simpler product disclosure statements are set to be introduced under a government initiative to provide consumers with the means to make better financial deci...

Financial planning

Shorter and simpler product disclosure statements are set to be introduced under a government initiative to provide consumers with the means to make better financial deci...

Financial planning

The online publisher Trident Press has removed a number of claims on its websites after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) found they were "likel...

Financial planning

An ASIC investigation ends in a former PwC consultant pleading guilty to insider trading charges....

Financial planning

Rural financial counselling and money management services have been granted limited relief from licensing requirements by ASIC....

Accounting

An ASIC investigation has seen a Melbourne accountant facing 37 charges over unregistered managed investment schemes....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC will release regulatory guidance on FOFA reforms in time for a 1 July 2012 implementation date - if the bills pass parliament in time....

Financial planning

ASIC has used its submission to the PJC to point to the difficulty of dealing with miscreant financial planners who appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) ma...

Financial planning

Austock Securities has paid a $30,000 penalty for breaching the market integrity rule, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)....

Financial planning

Westpoint founder, Norm Carey has withdrawn action against ASIC and agreed that he and his companies should pay $75,000 in legal costs....

Superannuation

While Industry Super Network has made considerable gains against the financial planning industry in its campaign against commissions there remains increasing concerns abo...

Financial planning

As debate heats up over the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC's) proposed educational guidelines for financial advisers, training providers argue t...

Financial planning

The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, has announced a number of topics that will not be permitted in intra-fund financial advice....

Financial planning

ASIC allows superannuation funds class order relief to provide superannuation/retirement forecasts....

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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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