AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Financial planning

The recently announced industry standard for defining a hedge fund presents a catch-all concern to unaware fund managers....

Financial planning

Commonwealth Securities (CommSec) has been forced to pay $50,000 to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) as penalty for its involvement in a mislea...

Funds management

The recently announced industry standard for defining a hedge fund presents a catch-all concern to unaware fund managers....

Life/Risk

Insurance brokers have told Money Management Vero Insurance representatives have alerted them to a price hike of up to 50 per cent to Vero's professional indemnity insura...

Superannuation

ASFA urges government to change direction on illegal early release on SMSFs, claiming the problem has diminished....

Funds management

ASIC has set new disclosure requirements for hedge funds, following industry consultation and the Parliamentary Joint Committee report into the Trio Capital collapse....

The Industry Super Network claims high frequency trading is benefiting a small subset of investors at the expense of super funds....

Financial planning

Shareholders in Australian publicly-listed companies are likely to get more information from annual reports under new guidance being proposed by ASIC....

Financial planning

ASIC's settlement with the CBA sees the BOQ and Macquarie Bank left to face Storm Financial litigation....

Editorial

Financial planners are required to be members of an approved external disputes resolution service but they may not always know whether they are getting value for money....

Financial planning

The Government has outlined a range of changes to give APRA greater scope to take pre-emptive action....

Financial planning

ASIC has monitored more than 3,300 providers of financial advice over the past year, dedicating 29 staffers to the surveillance....

Financial planning

Outdated manual compliance operations coupled with an increasing workload and loss of experienced practitioners threatens to create a massive compliance risk for dealer g...

Financial planning

A former WealthSure financial adviser has appeared in court facing 22 fraud charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

Financial planning

ASIC promises more reviews of managed funds risk practices, citing concerns about over-use of external risk consultants....

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