FINANCIAL SERVICES LICENCE

Financial planning

ASIC has obtained Federal Court orders freezing the assets of what it believes may be a Ponzi scheme....

Financial planning

ASIC has taken action against the unlicensed operators of 14 unregistered offshore managed investment funds who allegedly targeted Australian investors and self managed s...

Financial planning

ASIC has disqualified the former director of Concentric Financial Planning, Mark Travis Goldenberg, from managing corporations for five years....

Financial planning

Queensland man has jail conviction commuted to three-year good behaviour bond on Westpoint charges....

Financial planning

The director of Victorian-based company Ascension Financial Strategies, Charles Grummisch, has been banned from providing financial services for 10 years by ASIC....

Financial planning

Fleetwood Advisory Group director Steven Fleetwood has been banned from providing financial services for five years by ASIC following an investigation into his profession...

Financial planning

Members of industry superannuation funds have exhibited strong reluctance towards paying more than $500 for financial advice, according to HESTA executive manager Debbie ...

Financial planning

Paragem has extended its Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) service and compliance support to superannuation funds that are grappling with the grey area between...

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled City Pacific’s Australian financial services licence as the company continues to wind up....

Financial planning

The former secretary of investment company Chartwell Enterprises, Ian Rau, has pleaded guilty to charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (...

Financial planning

ASFA has supported amendment proposals made by the Government around borrowing in super arrangements....

Financial planning

The former director of the investment company Chartwell Enterprises, Graeme Hoy, has been committed to stand trial on charges brought by ASIC....

Accounting

The latest CPA Australia submission to the Cooper Review is arguing the case for accountants to be able to provide 'strategic' advice on SMSFs....

Financial planning

More than 1,000 investors have found themselves tied up in property development schemes that have been identified as illegal....

Financial planning

The Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners' status as an industry association is being questioned as it moves to revive an investment administration servic...

sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

4 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

6 months 3 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

1 week 6 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

5 days 5 hours ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

6 days 8 hours ago