AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Financial planning

ASIC has banned a Queensland-based businessman for five years following his involvement in the deceptive marketing and selling of share trading software....

Financial planning

ASIC is aware of the payment of sign-on bonuses but has yet to signal any specific action. ...

Financial planning

A dealer group head says he lost three practices to a cheque-book in the last 18 months, but all three have expressed a wish to come back....

Editorial

ASIC arguably chose a poor strategy when it sought to reassure consumers about its inaction on matters relating to the Reserve Bank of Australia-related companies, Secure...

Financial planning

South Australian finance broker and a Victorian auditor removed from industry after compliance failures....

Financial planning

The financial services regulator will observe a number of selected licensees in their FOFA implementation over the next few months with the goal of identifying areas wher...

Financial planning

ASIC warns of best interest duty breaches where dealer groups take a ‘cookie-cutter’ approach....

Life/Risk

ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell has used his speech at the AFA national conference to announce major surveillance of retail advice with respect to life insurance. ...

Funds management

An accountant involved in the collapse of Dollarforce Financial Services has been sentenced after being charged with making false and misleading statements....

Funds management

Regulator removes five timber schemes after manager struggles with tough year....

Financial planning

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft defends ASIC’s record, claiming the media misunderstands the regulator’s relationship with the AFP....

Financial planning

Moving licensees or client books should not trigger an automatic loss of grandfathered revenue, according to financial services lawyer. ...

Financial planning

Existing levels of adviser education should be considered a pathway to degree level qualification....

Editorial

The Federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey, has signalled a “son of Wallis” review of the Australian financial system and, as Mike Taylor writes, the industry is already starting ...

Funds management

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has changed the definition of ‘hedge fund’ in a bid to tighten disclosure requirements for higher-risk schemes...

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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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