A Gold Coast accountant has been charged with lodging false documents with ASIC....

The concerns expressed by FOS on the renaming of “general advice” overlook the importance of creating a clear separation between advice and product sales....

Perpetual will offer its first listed investment company (LIC) in October and will aim to attract investors with a 'two for one’ share option in the newly launched ventur...

Fear is stopping financial planning organisations from notifying the corporate regulator of breaches in their business rather than poor culture, The Fold said....

Conflicted remuneration bans have monumentally changed the way advisers make their money, with the commission model replaced by a move to fixed fees, according to the cor...

A national examination for planners is an inadequate measure and should not be implemented according to CPA Australia....

ASIC has flagged a crack-down on breach reporting with particular emphasis on high risk licensees with poor cultures....

Platform operators have complied with new regulations but more still needs to be done in managing conflicts and disclosing hidden fees....

ASIC has stressed the need for AFS licensees to submit written breach reports to it within 10 business days of finding a breach or likely breach....

ASIC acknowledges that vertical integration gives rise to conflicts of interest but acknoweldges that scale has benefits....

ASIC warns consumers to stay away from a fake website endorsing a foreign exchange broker....

ASIC tells of man banned as a planner but still operating as an accountant and providing tax advice....

ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft, confirms planners and SMSFs are on ASIC’s radar over the next 12 months....

Merrill Lynch has paid a $96,000 infringement notice penalty after it filled an order that “had the potential to damage the reputation and integrity of the market”....