AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Financial planning

ASIC permanently bans adviser after finding he disbursed client funds to parties related to the adviser....

Financial planning

CommFP counters claims by ASIC that it was not informed of key elements of client compensation arrangements...

Financial planning

The lead auditor for the Banksia Financial Group will be barred from practising for five years as part of the ongoing investigation into the group being conducted by the ...

Financial planning

The rapid expansion of the Big Four banks and AMP into financial planning could see them seize an 80 per cent stake in the advice market, research suggests. ...

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that if the Senate Committee inquiry reviewing the actions of ASIC has achieved nothing else, it has has identified just how reliant the regulator has ...

Financial planning

ASIC has banned two advisers from providing financial services for up to five years. ...

Financial planning

ASIC admits it targeted the big planning groups for shadow shopping because it thought it would make the most impact....

Financial planning

ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft admits ambiguity led to CommFP client compensation failures, but claims the bank was not “upfront”....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the board of the Commonwealth Bank must be wondering how it was possible for the controversy around Commonwealth Financial Planning to get worse....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC executive claims consumer misunderstandings were exploited for the benefit of financial services providers....

Financial planning

Penalties for financial planners who breach the law are not severe enough, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission believes....

Financial planning

ASIC chair Greg Medcraft emphasises regulator’s enforcement efforts and states does best it can with resources to hand....

Financial planning

The financial services industry will pay $30 million less to be regulated after the Federal Government released details of the levies that it will be charged to fund the ...

Financial planning

Two former Sydney brokers have been convicted of fraud following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)....

Financial planning

The Senate Committee reviewing ASIC has lambasted ASIC and CommFP and signalled further quizzing of compensation arrangements....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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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 ...

5 months 1 week 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...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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