AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Life/Risk

AFA and FSC form working body while FPA calls for insurance providers to review their offerings...

Financial planning

Lawyers call for limit to FOS’ monetary jurisdiction which exceeds that of many courts....

Life/Risk

More than a third of life insurance advice has not been appropriate according to a review conducted by ASIC....

Financial planning

Commonwealth Bank of Australia consumers who have not claimed funds left on expired Travel Money Cards within 12 months of the expiry will no longer forfeit the cash to t...

Financial planning

A former director of an Australian financial services licence holder received a 12-month suspended sentence and a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to fraud charges....

Financial planning

NAB has paid $10,200 in fines after ASIC found the bank made misleading statements in its annuity term deposit PDS....

Financial planning

ASIC has the power to move to lift planner education standards, according to Finance Minister, Mathias Cormann....

Life/Risk

A NSW insurance broker has been permanently banned from providing financial services after an ASIC investigation found he engaged in “dishonest conduct”....

Financial planning

ASIC has suspended the licence of a boutique planning group for three months for a failure to comply with its compliance obligations...

Financial planning

ASIC has confirmed it in the process of investigating the Blueprint fund behind the voluntary administration of van Eyk. ...

Financial planning

Voluntary administration is becoming an increasing popular route for struggling financial services companies, prompting the lifeline to finally lose its status as the pre...

Financial planning

ASIC has subjected a mortgage scheme operator to additional AFSL conditions after it failed to meet various obligations....

Editorial

With a third of FOS determinations going unpaid the efficacy of Professional Indemnity insurance as a compensation mechanism is under question and, as Mike Taylor reports...

Editorial

While ASIC is right to pursue more timely breach reporting by financial planning firms it should acknowledge that the vast majority more than live up to their obligations...

Financial planning

The corporate regulator states a co-regulatory model could work for financial advisers but says it is cost-effective and ethically practical to only work with one profess...

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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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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...

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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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