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Policy & Regulation

The corporate regulator has commenced proceedings against Sydney-based derivatives provider Union Standard International Group over illegal Chinese activities....

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Financial planning

The Government is being urged to provide regulatory clarity around the new breach reporting legislation which it is feared will radically increase what are deemed to be r...

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Financial planning

Although the removal of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is a huge victory for many in the industry who spent the last few years fighting for reform, ...

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Policy & Regulation

Anyone looking for over the top largesse being heaped on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission will be sadly disappointed. ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority may be gone but its exam timetable will continue and so will the requirement for financial advisers to become degree ...

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Financial planning

Mike Taylor writes that few people genuinely argued with the objectives set out for the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority but they did argue with the autho...

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Financial planning

While currently finalising a review based on samples of intra-fund advice, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has used an article to explain that intra-...

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Policy & Regulation

A belief that it cannot win has persuaded the Australian Securities and Investments Commission against appealing the decision of the Federal Court in relation to former T...

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Policy & Regulation

Superannuation funds have been delivered another 12 months’ breathing space on reporting portfolio holdings simply because the Government has not made the necessary regul...

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Funds management

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced that the Federal Court has ordered the winding up of un unregistered managed investment scheme operated...

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Policy & Regulation

The client should emerge the ultimate beneficiary of the remediation process, even if all the facts aren’t known, according to the Australian Securities and Investments C...

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Policy & Regulation

Mudasir Mohammed Naseeruddin (also known as Naseer or Mudasir) has been arrested and charged with dishonest conduct....

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Policy & Regulation

The corporate regulator’s consultation aims to help firms identify issues that can lead to remediations earlier and to have arrangements and systems in place to return mo...

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Financial planning

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal was not satisfied Allegra Financial Services would provide financial services that was efficient, honest, and fair. ...

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Life/Risk

As the Australian Securities and Investments Commission kicks off its review of the Life Insurance Framework a new report has defended the value of life/risk commissions....

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