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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has acknowledged that product manufacturers sometimes try to shift blame to financial advisers for product failures....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is pointing to a final figure of $200 million being returned to consumers from its ‘fee for no service’ remediation p...

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Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission had fallen short in its review of claims-handling by not sufficiently consulting advisers and clients, according to I...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced a cooperative agreement with Indonesia’s Otoritas Jasa Keuangan to promote fintech development....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that when the Government introduced the ‘significance test’ to the AFSL breach reporting regime in 2003 it was seen as sensible moderation but all that...

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Financial planning

ASIC’s regulatory sandbox for testing fintech services will run for another year before the framework is reviewed....

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Financial planning

ASIC has banned a former director of AFS Capital, Dr Bingxing Hu, from providing financial services for five years....

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Editorial

ASIC is taking a close look at the sale of life insurance direct to consumers and Mike Taylor writes that the regulator’s findings may significantly alter the commercial ...

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Financial planning

The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of mortgage scheme responsible entity, DD&D Securities for failing to comply with obligations....

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Financial planning

ASIC is consulting on its proposal to establish a financial services panel to be responsible for determining whether the body should ban individuals from financial servic...

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Financial planning

ASIC has proposed imposing tougher breach reporting obligations on banks and financial services firms for significant breaches and misconduct in a consultation paper....

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Financial planning

While the financial advice industry was largely on the path to professionalism and efficiency, background checks when hiring new advisers need to be more robust, ASIC sai...

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Policy & Regulation

Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, Greg Medcraft has outlined a busy global travel schedule as he winds up his time at the head of the regulator....

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Financial planning

Language and cultural barriers were the key risks for emerging market issuers, according to ASIC....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has urged a Senate Committee to give it powers to deal with licensees and planners beyond those contained in the FOFA...

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