AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Life/Risk

ASIC report on relief decisions has revealed the regulator's steadfast attitude on PI....

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the financial services licence of AAA Shares, a national dealer group based in Adelaide....

Financial planning

Some financial services licensees claim parts of the regulatory guidance on scaled advice are still open to interpretation - which could potentially lead to liability iss...

Financial planning

As the Financial Planning Association (FPA) opens enrolments for its 2013 Certified Financial Planner (CFP) program, chief executive Mark Rantall says the year ahead look...

Financial planning

ASIC alleges Oliver Peter Curtis made over $1 million in profit by participating in an insider trading conspiracy with the convicted tipper John Hartman....

Funds management

Macquarie Equities enters into enforceable undertaking with ASIC over compliance deficiencies....

Financial planning

The financial planning industry has welcomed ASIC's guidance on fee disclosure, though some argue it should have applied only to new clients....

Financial planning

The director of collapsed Brisbane-based Wickham Securities, Bradley Sherwin, has appointed PPB Advisory as voluntary administrator....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that FOFA is already beginning to change the shape and texture of the financial planning industry – something likely to be reflected in a rash of annou...

Financial planning

Almost all financial advice was scoped to a point, so lines between scaled and complex advice are quite blurred, according to AMP director of advice Scott Machin....

Financial planning

An investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has led to the conviction of a former NSW-based mortgage broker....

Funds management

ETF broker Susquehanna Pacific Pty Ltd has paid a penalty of $25,000 for switching off the price filter in its automated order processing system for ETFs, according to AS...

Life/Risk

Former director of insurance broker offers enforceable undertaking to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)....

Financial planning

Victims of the Trio collapse are threatening to campaign against the Government during the upcoming Federal election, alleging a cover-up encompassing the regulators....

Superannuation

This year is set to be one like no other for self-managed super fund (SMSF) advisers, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA)....

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