ASIC

Funds management

Macquarie Securities has paid a $120,000 penalty after the corporate regulator found it had breached market integrity rules and narrowed filter parameters. ...

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC has cancelled the AFS licence of a Queensland-based financial services firm, Advamode Financial, at the company’s request....

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Funds management

ASIC commences proceedings against Macquarie Investment Management in relation to its role as the responsible entity of one of the van Eyk funds....

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Policy & Regulation

At least one mortgage broker is confident that, unlike financial planning commissions, ASIC will not use its current review to kick mortgage commissions into touch....

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Funds management

ASIC has identified serious non-compliance issues and significant failures in the retail OTC derivatives industry....

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Financial planning

The AAT has reduced the banning term imposed by ASIC for a former Sydney-based financial adviser of Lionsgate Financial Group, Atish Prasad....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that ASIC’s proposal for a regulatory sandbox may prove to be a decisive element in the growth of Australian fintechs....

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Features

A double dissolution election has left many financial planning policies in limbo, and advisers are demanding certainty on at least three key issues, Malavika Santhebennur...

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Financial planning

Plaintive law firm, Slater and Gordon, has moved to leverage ASIC’s ‘best interests’ legal action against NSG Financial Services, seeking unhappy clients who want to purs...

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Funds management

Australian and Singaporean regulators have signed a co-operation agreement to support innovative business and fintech companies as they foray into the respective markets....

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Financial planning

Fintech start-ups can rely on third parties for sign off to meet their competence obligation but it isn’t clear whether they are liable if the start-up fails, a lawyer sa...

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Funds management

ASIC has confirmed that Australians have a particularly high level of share ownership, both directly and through super....

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Life/Risk

Petplan Australasia Pty Ltd is updating its Petplan advertising after customers were exposed to misleading insurance information....

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Funds management

ASIC warns Australian investors to avoid dealing with a number of companies offering binary option trading services which are not authorised to operate under the local la...

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC has initiated its first ever action relating to alleged breaches of the FOFA best interests duty....

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