ASIC

Policy & Regulation

ASIC reveals 50% increase in enforcement investigations

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed a 50 per cent increase in enforcement investigations of misconduct on the part of the major financial in...

Financial planning

FASEA could impose specialisation training within two years

The move to require specialist qualifications to give advice on SMSFs could come from the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority within two years, according to ...

SMSF

Adviser polling shows drop in SMSF advice

Live polling at the SMSF Association National Conference has suggested that the number of clients seeking advice on SMSFs is decreasing, and that consumers’ desire to use...

Financial planning

ASIC intends to fully implement RC recommendations

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled its intention to fully implement Commissioner Hayne’s 12 recommendations to the regulator. ...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC signals appeal against Westpac decision

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled it will appeal the Federal Court decision regarding Westpac Securities Administration and BT Funds Mana...

Policy & Regulation

Royal Commission transgressors face stiffer penalties

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been handed tougher penalties with which to pursue people referred to it by the Royal Commission....

Policy & Regulation

Court issues restraining orders against Advanced Wealth FS

The Supreme Court of Queensland has issued an order restraining Advanced Wealth Financial Services and former financial adviser, Richard Gardner, from carrying on a finan...

Policy & Regulation

Was the old ASIC embarrassed to lose?

A senior financial services barrister has revealed that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission was reluctant to pursue prosecutions because of the embarrass...

Financial planning

Regulation must come with accountability

The enforcement of new regulation must come with accountability and resources, according to the Institute of Public Accountants....

Policy & Regulation

AAT reduces advisers’ bans by 8.5 years

Two former Macquarie advisers have seen their banning periods by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission reduced, following an appeal to the Administrative A...

Policy & Regulation

Hundreds of firms in Australia affected by Brexit

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed hundreds of firms operating in the Australian financial services industry are affected by the United Ki...

Features

SMSFs: FASEA’s next frontier?

Self-managed superannuation funds are growing in popularity, and at the same time scrutiny of the quality of advice around them is also increasing. Hannah Wootton looks a...

Financial planning

Planners urge ASIC to review asset-based fees

The Independent Advisers Association of Australia has urged the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to act on the views of the Royal Commission by reviewing ...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC action results in long Federal Court disqualifications

The officers of two companies involved in land banking schemes, one of them a chartered accountant, have received long disqualifications as part of a Federal Court judgem...

Financial planning

Hayne nails who got most from fees for no service

Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has clearly identified that product manufacturers very often got much more than advisers from fees for no service while suggesting that serious...