The Australian Banking Association has announced two temporary changes to the Banking Code of Practice, which have been approved by the corporate regulator....

Mortgage brokers are going to have to abandon a one-size-fits-all approach with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission reinforcing that ‘know your client’ w...

ASIC has seen a 20% rise in the number of investment scam reports during the COVID-19 pandemic, compared the same timeframe last year....

An unlicensed company sought to convince the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that there was commercial advantage in it being allowed to have advisers con...

The median ‘operating expense’ for a self-managed super fund is $3,923, according to the Australian Taxation Office, far lower than the $13,900 quoted in a recent SMSF fa...

FASEA has confirmed the dates for the remaining 2020 exam sittings which will be held in August, October and November. ...

The Government’s proposed changes to class action and litigation funding may see lawyers subject to some of the same obligations as financial advisers, according to the A...

Informing consumers will sit at the heart of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s use of its new product intervention powers....

Adviser morale and advice business valuations are taking a hammering as uncertainty continues to surround extending the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority e...

The additional conditions will require an independent expert to assess and test controls, systems and processes after the firm deposited client money into unauthorised ba...

A proposed 38% per adviser increase in fees levied by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has proved too much for the Financial Planning Association whic...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced it has registered an amending instrument to specify an end date for three COVID-19 related instruments....

Mike Taylor writes that the Financial Planning Association may well have identified a key element of the future of the financial advice industry but no one should overloo...

Litigation funders, lawyers and even the ACCC are warning a key Parliamentary that the imposition of licensing and oversight by the Australian Securities and Investment C...