AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Financial planning

ASIC will be sending out surveys to the second tier of Australian financial services licensees over the next week as the second phase of its industry practice survey gets...

Financial planning

The Australian Financial Services (AFS) Group has bolstered its presence in Queensland, with the Brisbane-based financial planning practice Alps Network deciding to align...

Financial planning

A group of Westpoint investors is likely to receive $1.39 million in compensation from Queensland-based Strategic Joint Partners, as ASIC reaches another settlement regar...

Financial planning

Industry executives have raised the prospect of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) investigating whether responsible entity companies (REs) will b...

Financial planning

Following concerns raised by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Westpac Banking Corporation will undertake a review of its marketing of geared i...

Editorial

The second tranche of the Government's Future of Financial Advice legislation has laid out the remuneration and best interests ground rules for financial planners but, as...

Financial planning

The Storm Financial compensation case brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on behalf of two investors is set to continue, after the Fede...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has updated its guidance on PDSs, including short-form PDS documentation....

Financial planning

The County Court of Victoria has sentenced the former director of International Consulting Group Pty Ltd to a total of three years and two months jail on charges brought ...

Financial planning

ASIC has warned on increasing level of fraud, particularly based out of the Gold Coast....

Financial planning

A Gold Coast-based unlicensed financial services business has been issued interim court orders by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)....

Financial planning

Financial advisers will still need to be very cautious in recommending reverse mortgages to their senior clients, despite the proposed protections around this product. An...

Financial planning

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has flagged surveillance around residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) disclosure standards in 2012....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has once again exercised its power to ban a person who has been convicted of fraud....

Financial planning

The Government has released a discussion paper to consult with industry on the regulations around over-the-counter derivatives....

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