ASIC

Financial planning

The financial services regulator has raised several concerns with respect to financial advice provided at the Australian Financial Services (AFS) Group, and will impose a...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has accepted an enforceable undertaking from Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFP)....

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Superannuation

The Federal Opposition has succeeded in having ASIC review the latest ISN television advertising campaign....

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Financial planning

Former Sonray Capital Markets chief executive officer Scott Kenneth Murray has been sentenced to 5 years jail by ASIC after pleading guilty to 10 charges of fraud....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) believes the liability for scaled online financial advice should fall on a financial planner, but a lack of sp...

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Life/Risk

The way professional indemnity (PI) underwriters assess a financial planner's risk coupled with ambiguous regulatory guidelines means a fresh approach to product regulati...

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Life/Risk

ASIC has permanently banned a Tasmania-based insurance agent from providing financial services after being convicted of fraud offences....

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Funds management

Centuria Property Funds has come out in support of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC's) proposals to improve disclosure in the unlisted propert...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released a consultation paper and draft regulatory guide for the advertising of financial products and advice....

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Financial planning

The Government has announced the proposed new fee model to raise around $18 million to have the industry fund ASIC's market supervision activities....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has entered into enforceable undertakings (EUs) with the remaining two former directors of Trio Capital, Keith...

Financial planning

A former company director of Financial Partners Pty Ltd has been committed to stand trial on 14 charges of dishonest conduct involving investor funds, according to the Au...

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Financial planning

ASIC has released a regulatory guide for contracts for difference (CFD) issuers in order to provide greater disclosure to investors....

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Financial planning

Breaches around structured products and advice see ASIC impose licence conditions on JB Global....

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Superannuation

The ICAA has backed a stronger regime of SMSF auditor registration as being more effective than a competency exam....

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

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

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

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

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

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