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ASIC has detailed to the Senate economics committee why it decided to pursue action against Dixon Advisory rather than the individual advisers involved in the wrongdoing....
Financial planning
An authorised representative of Capstone Financial Planning has been permanently banned for misappropriating more than $650,000 in client funds....
Financial planning
Former ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell is to chair the Australian Financial Complaints Authority’s consumer advisory panel....
Funds management
ASIC has suspended the AFS licence of a Melbourne fund manager responsible for six managed investment schemes....
Financial planning
A Federal Court ruling on whether licensees need to ‘take all reasonable steps’ regarding conflicted remuneration could extend to other parts of the advice process, accor...
Financial planning
A former financial adviser based in the Sunshine Coast has been permanently banned by ASIC after being sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for fraud....
Financial planning
There has been 11 financial advice-related bannings by ASIC since the start of the FY2023–24 financial year, equating to one every month. ...
Funds management
Failure to meet ESG compliance obligations can leave financial services directors walking a tightrope of risk, according to PwC, as ASIC urges firms to prepare for climat...
Financial planning
ASIC has flagged the 2022 case of RI Advice as an example of the need for cybersecurity measures within a financial services firm as chair Joe Longo warns a cyber attack ...
Financial planning
A former financial adviser has been banned by ASIC from providing financial services for inappropriate advice, among multiple breaches....
Financial planning
ASIC has issued information for AFS licensees clarifying what they need to do if their adviser wishes to access the experience pathway....
Funds management
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a Victorian asset manager, seven months after an officer of the company was charged with money laundering offences in an AFP investigation....
Financial planning
ASIC chair Joe Longo has told a Senate select committee that it has been running two pilot AI programs, including one to read public submissions....
Financial planning
An NSW individual has pleaded guilty to one criminal charge of providing unlicensed financial services after promoting crypto investments at national seminars....
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The FSC and FAAA have pinpointed the small wins and losses in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ third budget, noting that successfully achieving change can be a "hard grind" for th...
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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...