Planners should familiarise themselves with media laws or risk a run-in with ASIC, says financial services lawyer....

ASIC finances a trip down the aisle to survey wedding costs in Australia....

More than 80 per cent of Trust shareholders vote in favour of Perpetual bid....

Warning self-managed super funds (SMSFs) that they are not entitled to compensation is too “simplistic” and needs to factor in all financial assistance available....

Industry Super Australia has pointed to new research to highlight fee disparity between SMSFs and industry super funds....

ASIC’s investigation of the Commonwealth Financial Planning (CommFP) scandal lacked the resources and scope to properly compensate all affected clients, a law firm believ...

ASIC has made it clear it would like to see life insurance commissions banned as it would be the most effective way of combating churn, according to The Fold Legal managi...

A former investment manager tied to embroiled superannuation fund Trio Capital is facing jail after admitting to making false or misleading claims for financial gain. ...

FPA chief executive calls on CFP members to actively promote designation. ...

FPA to make submission around transparency and consistency of dispute resolution scheme....

Perpetual has received the final regulatory approval required to proceed with its acquisition of The Trust Company, with the New Zealand Overseas Investment Office granti...

Lawyers target planners as ASIC says PI is a risk management tool rather than a consumer protection mechanism....

On the back of comments made by ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer, SPAA has welcomed the regulator's recognition and acknowledgement of professional service providers in the ...

Former Opes Prime Stockbroking director Julian Smith has been found not guilty of dishonestly breaching his duties as director in the Victorian Supreme Court. ...