Member firms of the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals will undergo AFSL compliance reviews to identify and remedy potential issues....

ATO confirms to IPA conference that it intends reviewing around 11,000 SMSFs....

ASIC wants investors to be better informed before establishing SMSFs but denies it will pursue prescriptive new disclosure requirements....

ASIC has signalled a crackdown on unlicensed property spruikers who advocate self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investment without the proper authority...

A Melbourne mortgage broker has been banned for five years and his company’s Australian credit licence was cancelled after breaching credit laws....

FPA canvasses two-way working relationship between professional bodies such as itself and ASIC....

ASIC has rejected a Money Management report of a union submission citing a culture of bullying and harassment....

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft reinforces the regulator's concerns around SMSF exposure to hybrid securities. ...

Union submission states inefficiencies stem from internal ASIC problems....

There is clearly regulatory concern about the activities of property spruikers as they seek to target SMSFs and, as Mike Taylor writes, a clear message needs to be sent. ...

ANZ Banking Group is the only major market participant which did not identify any issues with the workings of ASIC. ...

Does ASIC really only act when complaints about particular schemes or issues “reach tsunami level”? ...

Sam Hills outlines what should be on a financial planner’s regulatory radar – and it’s not just the usual suspects....

A South Australian mortgage broker has pleaded guilty to five charges of giving false or misleading information on home loan applications worth over $500,000....