ASIC

Financial planning

A former Bell Potter Securities client adviser has been permanently banned from providing financial services after he was convicted of offences involving dishonesty. ...

image
Financial planning

ASIC signals it will look to the most senior levels when it detects a bad compliance culture....

image
Financial planning

Credit Suisse Equities Australia has paid a penalty of $95,000 for not having in place adequate resources for its Automated Order Processing (AOP) system to account for c...

image
Financial planning

A survey of APRA clients and users has rated it positively, but no references were made to Trio/Astarra....

image
Funds management

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released final rules around over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trade reporting obligations for financial i...

image
Editorial

When Commonwealth Financial Planning was subjected to an enforceable undertaking imposed by ASIC in 2011, it was the subject of a good deal of media coverage in Money Man...

image
Life/Risk

Some progress appears to be being made towards finding common ground on life/risk sustainability and churn....

image
Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Travers David Loy from providing financial services after investigation found that he h...

image
Funds management

Retail derivatives issuer Apex Derivatives will be wound up after ASIC received orders in the Federal Court....

image
Editorial

Despite the Parliament having risen for the winter recess, and probably for the last time before a Federal election, it will nonetheless be difficult to keep politics out...

image
Financial planning

The regulator permanently bans a planner and insurance broker in separate actions....

image
Financial planning

While bank-owned dealer groups aggressively increased their adviser numbers in the last few years, non-aligned financial planning businesses have had to put serious brake...

image
Financial planning

FPA states that professional status requires association membership....

image
Financial planning

ASIC takes the unusual step of using the weekend to announce a new focus on analyst briefings....

image
Funds management

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

image
sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months 3 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

4 months 3 weeks ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

1 week ago

The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

1 week 5 days ago

ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

2 weeks 3 days ago