AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Superannuation

No one has been particularly surprised at the recent clash which has erupted between industry and retail super funds over the issue of choice, but the DIY super sector ha...

Superannuation

Last June the corporate watchdog went on the attack in the Apple Isle. As most people have probably heard by now, their victim, Hobart based adviser and authorised repres...

Financial planning

Industry Fund Services has agreed to change its super choice advertising campaigns “Compare the Pair” and “A lifetime of Difference” after the Australian Securities and I...

Financial planning

A former director of unlicensed Sydney financial services, Pegasus Leveraged Options Group, has plead guilty to stealing $2.1 million from clients....

Financial planning

Fee comparisons are being overemphasised in the lead-up to choice of fund, according to the Financial Planning Association, which claims most debate on the new rules is m...

Financial planning

AXA Australia will pay an extra $10 million to members of its staff superannuation fund, after complaints from employees lead to an investigation by both the Australian S...

Financial planning

A former responsible officer of Goldman Sachs JBWere subsidiary Invia Custodian has been permanently banned from providing financial services for misappropriating company...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has accepted an enforceable undertaking from an Adelaide man who contravened the Corporations Act when he made unsoli...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has sent another strong signal that it plans to take a hands-on role to police the superannuation industry in the lea...

Life/Risk

Under the new Financial Services Reform regime, AFS licensees will be required to address risk in the same way they address other areas. SUE LAING reports....

Financial planning

This week Money Management welcomes industry veteran RAY GRIFFIN to its stable of regular columnists. A former FPA chairman and Money Management Financial Planner of the ...

Financial planning

Claiming to have no knowledge of the existence of Financial Services Reform, applying for a financial services license just days before the new regime was due to kick in ...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has moved to wind up a high yield investment scheme which offered investors 10 per cent monthly returns, as part of c...

Financial planning

Financial planning members of Australia’s two peaking accounting bodies have been granted nearly an extra month to comment on a tough new code of practice....

Financial planning

MBF Life and MBF-owned ClearView Life Nominees are the latest in a growing line of insurance companies which have been ordered by regulators to compensate clients overcha...

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