ASIC

Policy & Regulation

ASIC’s licence exemption for fintechs to test products without a licence would not make a ‘material difference’ to everybody across the industry....

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Financial planning

The AAT has reinforced ASIC’s banning of former Morgans Financial Limited client adviser, Ryan Batros from providing financial services for five years....

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Financial planning

The AFA has voiced concerns ASIC’s industry funding model would pass costs aimed to remediate poor advisers on to all advisers....

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Financial planning

The ASIC industry funding model bill failed to differentiate between miscreants and those advisers who did the right thing and provided no discounts for the latter....

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Life/Risk

An additional layer of assistance to help consumers make a claim would add more confusion and would be seen as a way to discourage consumers from making a claim, a panel ...

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Life/Risk

ASIC would review issues in the life insurance industry with a culture lens, ASIC told an FSC conference panel....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has looked to deepen its consultative relationship with financial advisers....

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Funds management

ASIC has released guidance on risk management systems of responsible entities aimed at reduction of the potential losses for investors....

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Financial planning

The corporate watchdog has cancelled the AFSLs of Capstone Capital and Rebate Financial Services....

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Editorial

The recent Australian Securities and Investments Commission report on how large financial institutions oversee their advisers has served as a sobering reminder of the cha...

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Editorial

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission review of Mortgage Broker Remuneration is reminiscent of the findings which gave rise to the Future of Financial Advi...

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Features

Advisers might be keeping pace with technology, but are they on top of the regulation that goes with it? Hope William-Smith finds out....

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Life/Risk

ASIC has once again called for the exemption removal of insurance claims handling from the Corporations Law after CommInsure was cleared of any wrongdoing as per the law....

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Financial planning

ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from former Macquarie Equities adviser, Anthony Wilson after finding he failed to comply with financial services law....

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Financial planning

ASIC has accepted enforceable undertaking from three Barclays’ foreign financial services providers....

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