ASIC

Financial planning

Presenting advice fees eight ways looks ridiculous to clients

The corporate regulator’s fee disclosure requirements are confusing some advice clients who are questioning advisers on why they are being told the same information eight...

Financial planning

ASIC sets out advice fee consent requirements

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s three legislative instruments regarding fees and independent disclosure aims to minimise regulatory burden for the ...

Superannuation

ASIC clarifies the reverse evidential burden on super

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has made clear how it sees the controversial reversal of the evidential burden of proof playing out around the propos...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC: Let us spend more to make us cheaper

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission claims it is ‘capex poor’ and is seeking more funding from Treasury arguing that if it was allowed greater capital ex...

Financial planning

Mayfair advertising found as deceptive and misleading

The Federal Court has found companies in the Mayfair 101 Group made deceptive or misleading debenture advertising, following proceedings brought by the corporate regulato...

Financial planning

ASIC says advisers can appeal for hardship relief on levy

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission says it is ready to accept applications for hardship relief from advisers unable to pay its much-increased levy but t...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC delivers another relatively clean sheet on intra-fund advice

Superannuation funds did not misuse intra-fund advice with respect to either early release superannuation or insurance, according to the Australian Securities and Investm...

Financial planning

Will last resort scheme and disciplinary body double regulatory costs?

Financial advice firms already digesting the scale of their Australian Securities and Investments Commission levy invoices are worried about what a compensation scheme of...

Financial planning

ASIC bans Melbourne adviser

Nizi Bhandari has been permanently banned by the corporate regulator, while The Australian Dealer Group’s licence has been cancelled....

Policy & Regulation

The hefty cost of not complying with an ASIC EU

A Gold Coast accountant and former authorised representative who gave self-managed superannuation funds advice has discovered what it costs when you fail to adhere to a c...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC imposes additional conditions on AxiCorp AFSL

The corporate regulator has applied the extra conditions after the over the counter derivatives business was suspended last year. ...

Financial planning

Eagle or vulture? ASIC levy invoices are landing on advisers

Financial advisers may be unhappy with the increased Australian Securities and Investments Commission levy but their invoices are arriving nonetheless. ...

Financial planning

Women could fill advice gap

Most Financial Planning Association student members coming through are women, who are likely to reshape industry demographics as existing advisers leave the industry. ...

Life/Risk

ASIC prosecution against TAL a half win

TAL is acknowledging the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s pursuit of charges against in the Federal Court but pointing out that the regulator did not wi...

Life/Risk

TAL found guilty in ASIC Federal Court action

Big insurer, TAL has been found guilty in the Federal Court of breaching its duty of utmost good faith under the Insurance Contracts Act with respect to an income protect...