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Changes will require schemes to deal with complaints of up to $500,000 and increase compensation claims to cater for increases in portfolio values....

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has pursued charges against an Adelaide man who was the director of a planning firm which recommended Westpoint inves...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission yesterday obtained Federal Court orders to wind up the two remaining companies in the failed Victorian property inves...

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Failed to comply with provisions of AFSL....

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The regulator will receive more than $81 million over four years in an effort to boost its 'front line' monitoring and enforcement activities in light of the current econ...

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In his second submission to the parliamentary inquiry into banking and financial services, Queensland financial planner Bruce Baker argues that with or without commission...

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Guilty plea follows ASIC investigation into the scheme operated by Arafura....

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Sentence follows ASIC investigation into the promotion of an illegal managed investment scheme....

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The Corporations Legislation Amendment Bill will include requirements for all retail debentures and promissory notes to have a trust deed, trustee arrangements and a full...

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The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Senator Nick Sherry, has unveiled the legislation that will push trustee companies into Commonwealth jurisdiction and u...

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Under the new margin lending regulations, margin lenders will have responsibility for informing clients of margin calls, unless separate arrangements are put in place to ...

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The financial services industry needs to be more proactive in weeding out companies that pose a potential risk to both consumers and the reputation of the industry, and t...

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ASIC to hold road show raising awareness of its role in protecting and educating retail investors....

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Margin lending can reap rewards for investors when times are good, but can prove disastrous in bear markets. LUCINDA BEAMAN finds out what makes up a successful margin le...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will create 200 full-time positions to fulfil its obligations in administering the new National Consumer Credit Regim...

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