AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Financial planning

ASIC uses its submission to the Ripoll Inquiry to suggest more regulatory intervention and higher licensing and fiduciary standards for planners....

Financial planning

ASIC has extended the circumstances under which the operators of frozen mortgage funds can make payments to members suffering hardship as well as the definition of hardsh...

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Financial planning

Three Perth-based KPMG partners have agreed not to practice for periods ranging from nine months to two years following their involvement in auditing the Westpoint Group ...

Financial planning

A Money Management round table of financial services industry chief executives has backed the concept of a co-regulatory model for the financial services industry....

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Financial planning

A round-table of industry chief executives has backed calls for ASIC's intra-fund advice relief to be extended to financial planners....

Financial planning

The regulator has cracked down on a Mount Waverly adviser found to have falsely witnessed loan documents for agribusiness investments....

Financial planning

ASIC has sought the winding up of Finchley Central Funds Management via action in the Federal Court....

Financial planning

The Financial Ombudsman Service wants ASIC to be empowered to better track the movement of planners between groups....

Life/Risk

Regulatory changes to overcome deficiencies in managed investments would be inappropriate for insurance brokers....

Financial planning

ASIC has initiated multiple criminal charges against the former company secretary and a former director of a failed Geelong-based financial investment firm, Chartwell Ent...

Financial planning

A CPA Australia submission to the Joint Parliamentary Committee urges ASIC to get more proactive in utilising its powers against planning firms in circumstances where pro...

Editorial

Count Financial announces a 9.1 per cent decline in profit and slams the need for PI, arguing it is being penalised for the mistakes of other AFSL holders who shouldn't h...

Financial planning

Chairman Tony D'Aloisio admits the global financial crisis has exposed flaws in the way planners are remunerated....

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Financial planning

While trustees will have relief from FSR, clients can still sue for negligent advice....

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Financial planning

Unlicensed managed investment scheme raised approximately $7.9 million from investors....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months ago

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

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

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

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