PETER KELL

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has agreed to change some of its advertised loan comparison rates after concerns were raised by the Australian Securities and Investmen...

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has agreed to change some of its advertised loan comparison rates after concerns were raised by the Australian Securities and Investmen...

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Financial planning

ASIC will be sending out surveys to the second tier of Australian financial services licensees over the next week as the second phase of its industry practice survey gets...

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Financial planning

Following concerns raised by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Westpac Banking Corporation will undertake a review of its marketing of geared i...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) of financial advice firm Ferguson No 2....

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Financial planning

A Gold Coast director has been sentenced to more than seven years in jail for defrauding investors of $2 million, according to the announcement released by the Australian...

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Financial planning

Mortgage brokers could do more to comply with responsible lending obligations, according to an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) review....

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People & Products

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced the appointment of Peter Kell and Greg Tanzer as the regulator’s new commissioners....

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Funds management

It costs anywhere between $30 million and $100 million to establish a retail investment platform and the ACCC believes no new players will be ready to ante up – par...

Financial planning

Competition in the retail investment platform market remained at the heart of the ACCC’s concerns, with IOOF deemed unable to provide the necessary competitive dyna...

Financial planning

Authorities point to upsurge in scams as the global financial crisis begins to bite....

Financial planning

Leading financial services industry figures involved in discussions regarding disclosure at the ASIC Summer School have agreed disclosure practices must be plainer and ea...

Financial planning

Peter Kell is the face of the wave of consumerism that has washed over the financial planning industry...

Financial planning

The financial services industry has deep conflicts of interest and structural problems that fund managers and financial planners must seek collective solutions to accordi...

Financial planning

What do the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Consumers Association (ACA) really want from financial services? What can be left o...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 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 ...

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 2 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 3 days 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. ...

3 days 17 hours ago

ASIC has issued a warning to financial advisers to ensure they are complying with client consent requirements when entering into ongoing fee arrangements....

1 week 2 days ago