ASIC

Policy & Regulation

Phoenix Hotline will oust dodgy directors

The Government has established a Phoenix Hotline to combat the phoenixing activity of dishonest directors and their companies. ...

Outsider

Not an ASIC gouge, but possibly a round-up

Don’t anyone dare suggest that the registries run by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) are a fee-gouging exercise....

Features

When bank distribution strategies meet an enforceable undertaking

Mike Taylor writes that the enforceable undertakings entered into by the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) and ANZ over retail superannuation product distribution point to the peri...

Policy & Regulation

CBA pays $20m in fines for BBSW

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has entered an enforceable undertaking with the regulator for its participation in the setting of the Bank Bill Swap Rate. ...

Policy & Regulation

Planner pleads guilty to vote-rigging

Wodonga financial planner Neil John Evans pleads guilty to vote-rigging in the director elections for WAW Credit Union Co-Operative....

Policy & Regulation

CBA, ANZ cop EUs and $1.25 million fines from ASIC

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia and ANZ have entered into an enforceable undertaking to change the way they distribute superannuation products....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC slaps permanent ban on former NAB employees

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has permanently banned former National Australia Bank employees, Danny Merheb and Samar Merjan. ...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC registry fees don’t fund regulation: O’Dwyer

The business registry fees collected by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission do not fund its regulatory work despite media coverage saying otherwise, Kell...

Policy & Regulation

Refocus Financial Group faces ASIC

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has taken action against Refocus Financial Group in the Queensland Supreme Court....

Policy & Regulation

Goldman Sachs cops EU from ASIC

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has accepted an enforceable undertaking from Goldman Sachs Australia to improve controls....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC seeks to wind up Linchpin and Endeavour

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has commenced proceedings against Linchpin Capital Group and Endeavour Securities following an investigation....

Financial planning

FPA throws support behind ASIC’s tips to improve SMSF advice

The Financial Planning Association said it supports the practical tips that ASIC has provided to planners to improve the quality of the advice they give to clients....

Financial planning

SMSF advice fails ASIC scrutiny

As much as 90 per cent of advice provided in setting up a self-managed superannuation fund was non-compliant, according to a new Australian Securities and Investments Com...

Financial planning

SMSF Association responds to ASIC criticism

The SMSF Association has downplayed some elements of the highly critical ASIC report suggesting high levels of non-compliant advice, claiming suggestions of client detrim...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC accepts variation to NAB undertaking

The securities regulator has accepted a variation to an enforceable undertaking provided by NAB relating to its wholesale spot foreign exchange business....