ASIC

Accounting

ASIC is taking action against accountants who misuse ‘sophisticated investor’ certificates by failing to offer adequate or any disclosure....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has ordered NAB to make a corrective disclosure to advice clients across its various licensees....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted the FOFA changes fell short of addressing many of the issues driven by vertical integration....

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has issued another critical assessment of superannuation funds and their failures, prompting seven funds to exit the ...

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Superannuation

Superannuation fund trustees and executives have been warned they are falling short on disclosure, claims handling and other issues following an Australian Securities an...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled its interest in whether the Life Insurance Framework changes will drive growth in level premiums....

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Financial planning

Disappointing results from ASIC’s inspection of audits by audit firms have led the corporate regulator to urge audit firms to find new and revised strategies to improve a...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission was fundamental to the changes being wrought on the financial services external dispute resol...

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Policy & Regulation

Want an AFSL? Better be ‘fit and proper’. A Government taskforce is proposing tough new powers which would enable ASIC to refuse licensing to those it deems not to be ‘fi...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed that insurance companies know which advisers are “churners” but have not always notified the regulator....

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Superannuation

A Victorian SMSF auditor has been disqualified by ASIC after he audited a fund of which he was a member....

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Financial planning

Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, Greg Medcraft has defended helping launch CPA Advice claiming getting accountants into the advice industry is a...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has clarified the rules around which advisers can call themselves independently-owned and has provided a facilitative...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has pointed to an upward trend as 103 advisers were banned over the past three years....

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Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned a former AMP Financial Planning adviser from providing financial services for failing to comply with the best interests duty....

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