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Life/Risk

ASIC has called for various improvements in CommInsure’s claims handling process in its report on its investigation into the firm....

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Financial planning

ASIC has provided updated guidance on FOFA, best interest duty, and record keeping obligations for licensees and authorised representatives in its RG175....

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Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned a former Anne Street Partners Queensland financial planner from providing financial services for dishonest conduct....

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Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of liquidated firm, Aquaint Capital, the responsible entity for Aquaint Income Fund....

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Financial planning

Breach reporting standards by the Big Four banks and AMP have been found wanting with an ASIC report finding institutions were failing to report adviser breaches on time....

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Financial planning

ASIC has commenced proceedings against Wealth and Risk Management (WRM), and related companies Yes FP and Jeca....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s review of the mortgage broking industry suggests it is facing its own FOFA moment, particularly where commissions a...

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Life/Risk

The corporate regulator would soon request life insurers to provide them with claims outcome data as part of their 2017 life insurance industry review, Peter Kell said....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched a financial literacy resource to build the financial capacity of Indigenous students....

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News

ASIC will soon request claims outcome data from life insurers as part of their 2017 industry review, according to Peter Kell, Deputy Chair of ASIC. ...

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Life/Risk

ASIC has examined 60,000 documents as part of its CommInsure investigation and will deliver its findings by the end of the month....

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Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission wants more power to deal directly with insurance claims handling issues....

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Financial planning

ASIC has accepted enforceable undertakings from Westpac and ANZ to address inadequacies with their wholesale FX businesses....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission wants more evidence before allowing responsible entities to directly negotiate fees with individual retail investors...

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Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned former Morgan Stanley adviser, Andrew Panayiotides, from providing financial services....

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