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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted only five firms are using its so-called regulatory sandbox, with many others utilising pre-existing alte...

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Financial planning

Consumer group Choice has warned parliamentarians that professional indemnity insurance is an inadequate safeguard for financial technology firms providing financial advi...

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Superannuation

The Federal Court has made orders by consent to wind up Western Australian company Superfunded, following an application from ASIC to appoint a liquidator last month....

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Editorial

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission wants competition powers added to its regulatory armoury, but history suggests a need for caution on the part of the ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released a report on the progress of their National Financial Literacy Strategy. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Royal Commission into the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services industry will be examining the effectiveness and ability of the financial services regulators...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted that negative feedback from superannuation funds and lobby groups persuaded it to place the implementati...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted it has never specifically investigated advice provided by industry superannuation funds....

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Financial planning

The Government has been warned that changes to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission fintech sandbox may give rise to instances of unlicensed advice....

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Financial planning

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer, said the Australian Financial Complaints Authority would be ready to receive disputes by 1 November 2018. ...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has permanently banned a financial planner, Muneer Mahmood Khan, for not being of good fame and character and acting ...

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Policy & Regulation

The new chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has told a Parliamentary Committee the regulator needs competition powers to help it do its job....

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC has banned a Queensland-based financial adviser for seven years after finding he had used his clients’ assets for his personal benefit. ...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has declared its intention to target licensees misusing general advice in product sales to avoid their best interests...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has sent a message to financial services research houses by moving against a boutique provider which did not reveal c...

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