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Policy & Regulation

The chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, James Shipton has declared the regulator treats industry and retail funds equally....

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Policy & Regulation

Parliamentary committee questioning has seen the Australian Securities and Investments Commission detailing the extent of its interactions with consumer group, Choice....

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Financial planning

Questioning by a Liberal Senator has seen the Australian Securities and Investments Commission confirm that Royal Commissioner, Kenneth Hayne, got it wrong on intra-fund ...

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Life/Risk

CommInsure will refund $12 million for unfair life insurance telephone sales to around 30,000 customers....

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Policy & Regulation

Enforceable undertakings too often entail zero penalties and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission would prefer to litigate....

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Policy & Regulation

Questions have been raised about the appropriateness of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission class order which absolves worker entitlement funds run by tra...

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Financial planning

Questions are being asked about why the board of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has avoided direct engagement with key industry groups for more than...

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Policy & Regulation

In a bid to lift regulatory burden on super funds the two regulators are looking to share data for areas of common interest....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has granted planning licensees a three-year exemption from the requirements to have planners sign up to a code-monito...

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has provided a Parliamentary Committee with data confirming that self-managed superannuation funds with balances belo...

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Policy & Regulation

GPS Wealth adviser, Mark Alexander Rothnie has been banned by ASIC for failing to act in the best interests of his clients and failing to provide appropriate advice....

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC has banned former Apogee and ANZ financial adviser Adrian Khaw who advised clients to use an SMSF and use LRBAs to purchase a property....

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Policy & Regulation

Only two industry superannuation funds have been served with Australian Securities and Investments Commission infringements since the start of 2013 and the combined amoun...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has avoided declaring a targeted success rate for its ‘if not, why not’ approach to litigation and has foreshadowed t...

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Superannuation

A superannuation fund has found itself in the Federal Court over Australian Securities and Investments Commission concerns about its use of a general advice model....

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