A new analysis of merger and acquisition activity has pointed to higher activity levels on the part of superannuation funds....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced it is pursuing criminal charges against a former National Australia Bank planner who has already been p...

ASIC has banned a Perth-based accountant from providing any financial services for six years, after finding that he both contravened and was likely to again contravene a ...

Changes to anti-hawking regulations likely won’t impact insurance advisers as their discussions with clients on risk products generally fall within regulatory definitions...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned Queensland-based adviser, Gregory Forster, from providing financial services for five years. ...

A major bank will refund over $3 million to more than 100 retail customers, after an investigation into whether customers believed they were receiving personal rather tha...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has said that claims that it causes serious delays in “stringently reviewing” responsible manager appointments are “p...

ASIC is putting the public’s retirement savings at risk and “kicking the can down the road” in deferring disclosure requirements on Choice products, a major industry body...

Saxo Capital Markets has welcomed ASIC product intervention powers and reinforced the importance of responsible leverage....

Both the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority have written to super funds asking them to prove they are not...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is causing headaches for Australian Financial Services licensees by approving responsible managers despite there bein...

ASIC has released the final report on the Commonwealth Bank’s compliance with additional licence conditions that were imposed regarding advice compensation, written by Ko...

Financial advisers were notable by their absence from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s latest Enforcement Update....

Insurance claims handling should not be encumbered by the same obligations as financial advice because it would risk making it unaffordable to super fund members, accordi...