AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Editorial

Kathryn Wardrobe outlines some of the finer details of the new credit legislation which might have slipped through the cracks....

Funds management

An ASIC review of unlisted property managed investment scheme responsible entities has pointed to some deficits and an ongoing review program....

Financial planning

An adviser specialising in self-managed super funds has pleaded guilty to taking $250,000 from his clients by deception and making a false statement to ASIC....

Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned Colin James Oberg from providing financial services after he withdrew over $1.55 million of client funds without permission....

Financial planning

Participants in the Australian Securities Exchange and Chi-X markets will be required to report any suspicious reporting activity under ASIC's new market integrity rules....

Superannuation

ASIC has moved against two unlicensed SMSF advice firms after finding they misled clients about their investments....

Superannuation

Having explained why they are financial products, David Court now examines the manner in which the disclosure requirements apply to SMSFs....

Financial planning

IOOF's offer to purchase Plan B at a 33 per cent premium was cited by the Plan B board as a major factor in its decision to unanimously recommend the takeover....

Financial planning

After taking more than $150,000 from 100 of his clients, Mayfield-based risk agent Phillip Paddison has received a permanent ban from the financial services industry, ASI...

Financial planning

Cyre Trilogy has resorted to contacting financial planners to try and force APGF to hand over the register for one of a number of trusts the pair have been battling over....

Financial planning

An unlicensed Sydney-based financial planner has been permanently banned from providing financial services by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

Policy & Regulation

Association of Financial Advisers looks to take facilitative approach on implementation of the Future of Financial Advice regulations....

Editorial

While the industry has given a broad welcome to the limited licensing regime, accountants will need to be subjected to the same scrutiny as financial planners, writes Mik...

Financial planning

It is highly unlikely that 37 investors who lost approximately $680,000 in a Gold Coast-based investment scam will ever recover their money, according to ASIC....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the existence of large payments and the perception that a sales culture continues to exist in the financial planning space represents a dangerous ...

sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

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....

6 days 17 hours ago

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....

1 week 4 days ago