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Financial planning

A senior parliamentarian has quizzed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on whether insurers have simply converted the payment of shelf space fees to ‘tr...

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Funds management

ASIC has issued a stop order on Product Disclosure Statements issued by Theta Asset Management due to concerns regarding inadequate disclosure of risks....

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Accounting

Unlicensed accountants are being asked to ‘please explain’ by ASIC as they may be in breach of financial services laws, a law firm said....

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Financial planning

A financial adviser who was untruthful in the information provided in support of obtaining his own Australian Financial Services License has paid a high price....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has outlined to a Parliamentary Committee what it thinks life/risk advisers actually earn via the statement of advice...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed it is probing the quality of advice provided around self managed superannuation funds, including with r...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has told a Parliamentary committee it has seen little improvement in the delivery of non-compliant life insurance adv...

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Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed that it and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority are working towards having the life insuranc...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that it would be folly to remove the Australian Securities and Investments Commission from the Australian Public Service....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has appointed the former chair of APRA and the ACCC to the special panel appointed to probe the Commonwealth Bank....

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Financial planning

A Government-appointed panel has backed giving the Australian Securities and Investments Commission greater powers to ban miscreant financial services executives, but no...

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Superannuation

Subscale super funds make up 30 per cent of modern award listings and the weakest performing fund returned 2.7 per cent over 10 years, according to the FSC....

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Financial planning

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has affirmed ASIC’s licence cancellation for Mark Power and associated companies....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has disqualified New South Wales-based SMSF auditor, Kathleen Whittle....

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has adopted a ‘taking action now’ mantra in dealing with the major banks....

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