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Policy & Regulation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has nominated life/risk churn as an area still high on its agenda and deserving of new expenditure....
Superannuation
If industry funds are donating or otherwise transmitting money to trade unions, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission says it won’t necessarily know....
Financial planning
Apple and Google have removed binary option mobile apps from their app stores after a review from ASIC that found over 330 apps appeared to be unlicensed....
Financial planning
ASIC has accepted an EU offered by Financial Index Australia after surveillance found various concerns in policies and procedures in its financial advice business....
Life/Risk
A land banking scheme in Geelong with a cancelled Australian Financial Services License has been closed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....
Financial planning
ASIC’s Greg Medcraft has used a speech to emphasise the need for all Australians approaching retirement to seek financial advice to navigate the complexities....
Editorial
The Federal Opposition will be on the right track in pursuing a review of the financial services regulatory settings, but only if it aims to identify the failings while f...
Financial planning
Financial Choice, run by ASIC chair, Greg Medcraft’s cousin, Russell Medcraft, has been fined over $21,000 for misleading representations....
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed the big insider trading fish it failed to catch for wont of an ability to phone tap the culprits....
Financial planning
ASIC has banned a former Magnitude Group adviser from providing financial services for three years after he breached best interests duty....
Accounting
Accountants remain confused about various elements of the new limited licensing regime, including compliance obligations, and statements of advice....
Financial planning
Professional advice is crucial to helping struggling companies find their way to recovery according to both the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the L...
Editorial
The Financial Planning Association has clearly defined the difference between planners and accountants and why one size does not fit all with respect to remuneration, Mik...
Financial planning
The financial advice sector will be slapped with a fixed levy of $1,500 under ASIC’s cost recovery framework, while super trustees will face a 'graduate component' based ...
Financial planning
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Sydney-based company, Grey Oak Services....
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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...