AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Financial planning

ASIC has vehemently denied being swayed by lobbying groups to suspend its adviser competency push. ...

Financial planning

A mortgage lender has been forced to rename one of its loan products after failing to realise that ‘MoneySmart’ has been traded marked by ASIC....

Life/Risk

Poor advice relating to life insurance is a systemic issue and not epithet work of a few rogues, according to ASIC....

Financial planning

Former Health Minister, Dr Michael Wooldridge, is one of five former directors of Australian Property Custodian Holdings Limited (APCH) who have been penalised by the Fed...

Financial planning

Australia’s regulatory and legal system has not kept pace with industry and consumer demand for electronic disclosures, according to ASIC. ...

Accounting

The former director of an accountancy firm has been banned by ASIC for being part of a scheme which raised funds from clients for mezzanine finance and mortgage lending....

Financial planning

A former financial adviser is facing a maximum of 12 years in jail after his lawyer announced his intention to plead guilty to 54 fraud charges....

Financial planning

ASIC has reiterated its calls for a national exam stating that recent changes around education still did not guarantee a consistent national standard for advice....

Financial planning

The financial services industry is being urged to embrace technology to help boost consumers’ understanding of financial products....

Financial planning

A Sydney-sider who made investment recommendations to clients without holding an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) has been banned from providing financial ser...

Financial planning

ASIC has issued a $42,500 penalty on payday lender Abaz Pty Ltd for failing to get the necessary account statements from consumers....

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the Australian credit licence of Net Finance (Corp) Pty Ltd and banned its director, Graham Tandy, from the credit industry for 10 years....

Financial planning

ASIC has answered parliamentary questions about superannuation union liaison officers, the type of advice they can provide and whose AFSL they might be working under....

Financial planning

A former financial adviser has been jailed after being found guilty of stealing shares worth almost $1.5 million to meet margin calls on his mother’s margin lending accou...

Financial planning

FPA chief executive, Mark Rantall acknowledges the high price paid by the industry resulting from bad publicity generated by whistleblowers....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 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 ...

5 months 2 weeks ago

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

7 months 2 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

3 weeks ago

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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