AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Superannuation

ASIC signals a push to have SMSF trustees acknowledge the existence of a higher level of risk....

Superannuation

ASIC has revealed that there is a large percentage of over-the-counter derivative providers who are not following appropriate client money procedures, according to Capita...

Financial planning

Treasury officials are continuing to apportion blame to financial planners for some Trio Capital losses....

Financial planning

APRA seeks to create distance from blame around Trio Capital while pointing to deficiencies of SMSF trustees and financial planners....

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank's share trading arm, CommSec, has been penalised to the tune of $35,000 for alleged trading infringements....

Superannuation

ASIC has confirmed the degree to which superannuation trustees can now provide non-licensed advice around super forecasts and retirement estimates....

Editorial

With the FOFA, Stronger Super and MySuper reforms finally taking shape, the financial services industry has a clearer picture of what the future holds, writes Chris Kenne...

Editorial

In the current investment climate, alternative investments can provide valuable diversification. So why are investors still not jumping on the bandwagon? Freya Purnell re...

Editorial

With the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services having last week handed down its final report on the collapse of Trio Capital, it is worth r...

Editorial

The last APRA regulatory failure around HIH Insurance saw heads roll. Mike Taylor asks whether the gravity of the Trio Capital collapse ought not to justify similar punis...

Financial planning

ASIC has its eyes set on registered liquidators after its first annual report into the sector revealed that the regulator had opened eight new formal investigations for t...

Financial planning

AMPFS boss says the Financial Planning Association's control of CFP designation hands it an advantage....

Financial planning

A former senior financial adviser has been convicted and sentenced by the Sydney District Court after ASIC found that he used client funds to fuel a gambling addiction....

Superannuation

Reports of payments to a union official and a mandate to a property developer have intensified the spotlight on industry superannuation funds governance....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Government’s FOFA process has finally produced a genuinely positive outcome in the St John report’s clear analysis of the need for financial p...

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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 ...

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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 confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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