The BFP claims a structural flaw has allowed banks, insurers and super funds to dress up product sales as advice....
ASIC admits it targeted the big planning groups for shadow shopping because it thought it would make the most impact....
ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft admits ambiguity led to CommFP client compensation failures, but claims the bank was not “upfront”....
APRA has admitted it doesn’t monitor the expenses of superannuation fund executives or trustees....
ASIC executive claims consumer misunderstandings were exploited for the benefit of financial services providers....
Penalties for financial planners who breach the law are not severe enough, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission believes....
ASIC chair Greg Medcraft emphasises regulator’s enforcement efforts and states does best it can with resources to hand....
The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has responded to its grilling at a Senate Committee by restating its compliance with the inquiry’s requests for more information. ...
Financial services firms concerned about compliance may be better off sharing a licence with other parts of the business, a specialist lawyer says. ...
Industry Fund Services (IFS) has resolved compliance issues related to incorrect investment of client funds into an unregistered management investment scheme...
ASIC grants relief to super fund’s advisory arm to reduce advisor exposure to personal liability....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Victorian finance broker Kieu Thi-Thanh Huynh from carrying out credit activities after...
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) service provider Heffron has launched an online SMSF form with in-built checking tools to avoid compliance headaches....
Sentry Financial Services to write to SMSF clients after ASIC surveillance of corporate authorised representative...
Real estate agents, mortgage brokers, bank employees and SMSFs should all be subject to common regulation, according to Chan and Naylor’s David Hasib....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...