AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Editorial

The findings of the Ripoll Inquiry have been broadly welcomed by the financial planning industry, but as Mike Taylor reports, they will ultimately be diluted by the findi...

Financial planning

The Government and the Treasury, rather than the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), should lead the way in implementing changes to the financial pla...

Financial planning

The Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) Inquiry into Financial Services and Products has recognised the need to lift the training and entry requirements for the financial...

Financial planning

ASIC has announced the formation of a management team and an advisory panel to assist in the transfer of front line market supervision from the ASX to ASIC....

Financial planning

An Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into customer complaints about Citigroup credit products has resulted in remedial action....

Financial planning

Snowball Group managing director Tony McDonald has called for a tough approach in the wake of the Ripoll recommendations....

Financial planning

More than 49 per cent of advisers surveyed in the wake of the Ripoll Inquiry recommendations last week said they had no confidence in ASIC’s ability to monitor and preven...

Financial planning

Investors to be paid by Bongiorno after settlement of ASIC-initiated class action....

Financial planning

A Federal Opposition senator has called on the Federal Government to move for the unfreezing of mortgage funds....

Financial planning

Questions have been raised about ASIC's responsiveness to information regarding questionable behaviour by administration and liquidation companies....

Financial planning

Financial Planning Association (FPA) executive Gerard Fitzpatrick is leaving the industry organisation to take up a role with the Australian Securities and Investments Co...

Financial planning

Financial planners and superannuation fund members may soon be able to compare funds based on a simple scale determined by their relative exposure to risk....

Financial planning

ASIC has moved to ensure Australian company directors know how to understand and avoid insolvent trading....

Financial planning

ASIC has moved to ensure Australian company directors know how to understand and avoid insolvent trading....

Financial planning

The Parliamentary Joint Committee that has investigated aspects of the financial services industry over the past nine months has made 11 wide-ranging reform recommendatio...

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