ASIC warns banks about potentially misleading term deposit advertising....

Between financial planners and fund managers stand research houses vetting products as they come to market, often to the chagrin of fund managers who have come to rely on...

Last year saw one of the major investment research houses, Standard & Poor’s (S&P), exit the Australian market. ...

Adviser cops life ban for insurance applications in names of non-existent people ...

FPA will reconsider aspects of enshrinement if it fails to become law...

The financial services industry has improved its practice in relation to the automatic rollover of term deposits, the regulator has found....

BT Financial Group will refund some of its BT Wrap and BT SuperWrap customers after it was discovered they had been paying adviser fees above that of disclosed percentage...

ASIC doubles NTA levels for custodians and IDPS providers ...

The Federal Court has given ASIC the green light to pursue Storm founders in court over the failure of the dealer group. ...

Suncorp reports itself to ASIC and accepts life and general insurance compliance upgrade. ...

As we edge closer to 1 July 2013, Fiona Mackenzie encourages practices to look at how fit for FOFA they are and what they can do to become FOFA-ready....

Choosi’s parent company Hollard Financial Services has agreed to change the way it promotes funeral insurance under the Real Insurance brand, as a result of concerns rais...

ASIC may have to explain to a Parliamentary Committee why, when its resources are stretched, it has expended effort reviewing the operations of an independent statutory b...

ASIC seeks industry input on a shift to higher knowledge and skills levels for planners. ...