AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will appoint a receiver to former OTC derivatives issuer Berndale Capital Securities, following a successful applicat...

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Superannuation

A new analysis of merger and acquisition activity has pointed to higher activity levels on the part of superannuation funds....

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC has banned a Perth-based accountant from providing any financial services for six years, after finding that he both contravened and was likely to again contravene a ...

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Life/Risk

Changes to anti-hawking regulations likely won’t impact insurance advisers as their discussions with clients on risk products generally fall within regulatory definitions...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned Queensland-based adviser, Gregory Forster, from providing financial services for five years. ...

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Financial planning

A major bank will refund over $3 million to more than 100 retail customers, after an investigation into whether customers believed they were receiving personal rather tha...

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Superannuation

ASIC is putting the public’s retirement savings at risk and “kicking the can down the road” in deferring disclosure requirements on Choice products, a major industry body...

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Financial planning

ASIC has released the final report on the Commonwealth Bank’s compliance with additional licence conditions that were imposed regarding advice compensation, written by Ko...

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Policy & Regulation

Financial advisers were notable by their absence from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s latest Enforcement Update....

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Policy & Regulation

Insurance claims handling should not be encumbered by the same obligations as financial advice because it would risk making it unaffordable to super fund members, accordi...

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Policy & Regulation

The UK Financial Conduct Authority and Australian Securities and Investments Commission have agreed to strengthen cooperation post-Brexit....

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Policy & Regulation

In a last legislative act by the current Parliament, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been handed its product intervention powers....

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Policy & Regulation

The Financial Planning Association has urged the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to act to ensure financial product manufacturers more consistently revea...

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Superannuation

Changes to superannuation fee disclosure proposed by ASIC to improve transparency won’t solve the problem and could just increase confusion for consumers....

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Superannuation

A positive budget outlook should spur important long-term policy direction, according to the Actuaries Institute....

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