AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Policy & Regulation

Platform provider HUB24 has restructured its investment service in response to the Government's proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, becoming another playe...

Financial planning

When misconduct from within the financial services industry leads to investor loss and hardship, investors are often unaware of existing avenues of redress and do not pur...

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Financial planning

Peter Joyner and Associates has lost its Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) for failing to maintain adequate professional indemnity (PI) insurance, among other ...

Editorial

Frequent changes in the law mean compliance issues can often be a legal minefield. Here, lawyers David Court, Sonnie Bailey and Kathryn Wardrobe answer three frequently a...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has reminded superannuation trustees of changes to disclosure requirements regarding fund mergers....

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Financial planning

A former Sydney financial adviser has pleaded guilty to six charges relating to fraud and dishonest conduct....

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Editorial

ASIC did not receive more funding from last Tuesday's Budget but it can expect to do so in years to come as it takes on more responsibility for delivering and overseeing ...

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Financial planning

The collapse of a managed investment scheme has led ASIC to ban a Victorian adviser for four years and suspend the licence of the firm he worked for....

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Superannuation

Govt funds ATO and ASIC to tighten rules around SMSFs....

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Financial planning

Financial services delivers mixed response to Budget measures....

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Superannuation

Government earmarks $26.2 million towards development of MySuper....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has proposed a tightening of the rules around the financial requirements for issuers of over-the-counter deriv...

Financial planning

A Sydney-based derivatives dealer has been banned from providing financial services following an investigation into allegations of misleading conduct and conducting busin...

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Financial planning

A Senate committee on competition in Australia's banking sector has recommended the Government reconsider its proposed ban on exit fees, with much industry support....

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Financial planning

Two people have been banned from providing financial services for five and three years respectively, following separate investigations by the Australian Securities and In...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months 1 week ago

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

3 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months 2 weeks ago

A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

3 weeks ago

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed who will succeed Stephen Jones to serve as the Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister. ...

3 days 23 hours ago

ASIC has permanently banned a former Perth adviser after he made “materially misleading” statements to induce investors. ...

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