AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Funds management

Following changes made to the Australian Securities Exchange's (ASX's) Operating Rules, fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs) can now trade in Australian markets....

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Financial planning

ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Commonwealth Financial Planning financial adviser that sees him banned from financial services for two years for faili...

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Financial planning

Shorter and simpler product disclosure statements are set to be introduced under a government initiative to provide consumers with the means to make better financial deci...

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Financial planning

Shorter and simpler product disclosure statements are set to be introduced under a government initiative to provide consumers with the means to make better financial deci...

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Financial planning

The online publisher Trident Press has removed a number of claims on its websites after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) found they were "likel...

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Financial planning

An ASIC investigation ends in a former PwC consultant pleading guilty to insider trading charges....

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Financial planning

Rural financial counselling and money management services have been granted limited relief from licensing requirements by ASIC....

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Accounting

An ASIC investigation has seen a Melbourne accountant facing 37 charges over unregistered managed investment schemes....

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC will release regulatory guidance on FOFA reforms in time for a 1 July 2012 implementation date - if the bills pass parliament in time....

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Financial planning

ASIC has used its submission to the PJC to point to the difficulty of dealing with miscreant financial planners who appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) ma...

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Financial planning

Austock Securities has paid a $30,000 penalty for breaching the market integrity rule, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)....

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Financial planning

Westpoint founder, Norm Carey has withdrawn action against ASIC and agreed that he and his companies should pay $75,000 in legal costs....

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Superannuation

While Industry Super Network has made considerable gains against the financial planning industry in its campaign against commissions there remains increasing concerns abo...

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Financial planning

As debate heats up over the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC's) proposed educational guidelines for financial advisers, training providers argue t...

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Financial planning

The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, has announced a number of topics that will not be permitted in intra-fund financial advice....

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