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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled it is not yet finished with its already two-year-old court against Westpac/BT over alleged client ‘best...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has made clear it is holding licensees to account for their actions of their planners while cancelling the license of...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has registered another win its prolonged legal battle over the collapse of MFS Investment Management....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has permanently banned Victorian financial planner, Ahmed Saad of Glenroy, from providing financial services....

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Policy & Regulation

A former Sydney-based financial adviser has been charged with 20 dishonesty offences allegedly committed when he was a company director. ...

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Financial planning

Both corporate reputations and legal precedents are at stake in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s decision to pursue access to legal advice documents...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is seeking court backing to force law firm Clayton Utz to produce documents at the heart of fee for no service allega...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled its willingness to pursue tough and prolonged litigation in the wake of Friday’s Prime Trust win....

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Superannuation

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has welcomed the Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s announcement with regards to a longer transition pe...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has foreshadowed further pressure on financial services licensees as a review of internal dispute resolution identifi...

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Policy & Regulation

A new research paper developed by three academics has urged the imposition of an over-arching assessment board to oversight the effectiveness of the Australian Securities...

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Funds management

DomaCom has announced it has completed $2.95 million capital raise through the issue of a convertible security....

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has appointed the Productivity Commission deputy chair, Karen Chester as the replacement for Peter Kell as deputy chair of the Australian Securitie...

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Life/Risk

Freedom Insurance Group has declared it will not be recommencing sales of life products as it deals with commissions-related liquidity issues and the reality of a client ...

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Policy & Regulation

The new industry funding model for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission will see financial planning licensees and credit providers carrying some of the gr...

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