AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Financial planning

ASIC has vehemently denied being swayed by lobbying groups to suspend its adviser competency push. ...

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Financial planning

A mortgage lender has been forced to rename one of its loan products after failing to realise that ‘MoneySmart’ has been traded marked by ASIC....

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Life/Risk

Poor advice relating to life insurance is a systemic issue and not epithet work of a few rogues, according to ASIC....

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Financial planning

Former Health Minister, Dr Michael Wooldridge, is one of five former directors of Australian Property Custodian Holdings Limited (APCH) who have been penalised by the Fed...

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Financial planning

Australia’s regulatory and legal system has not kept pace with industry and consumer demand for electronic disclosures, according to ASIC. ...

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Accounting

The former director of an accountancy firm has been banned by ASIC for being part of a scheme which raised funds from clients for mezzanine finance and mortgage lending....

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Financial planning

A former financial adviser is facing a maximum of 12 years in jail after his lawyer announced his intention to plead guilty to 54 fraud charges....

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Financial planning

ASIC has reiterated its calls for a national exam stating that recent changes around education still did not guarantee a consistent national standard for advice....

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Financial planning

The financial services industry is being urged to embrace technology to help boost consumers’ understanding of financial products....

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Financial planning

A Sydney-sider who made investment recommendations to clients without holding an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) has been banned from providing financial ser...

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Financial planning

ASIC has issued a $42,500 penalty on payday lender Abaz Pty Ltd for failing to get the necessary account statements from consumers....

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Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the Australian credit licence of Net Finance (Corp) Pty Ltd and banned its director, Graham Tandy, from the credit industry for 10 years....

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Financial planning

ASIC has answered parliamentary questions about superannuation union liaison officers, the type of advice they can provide and whose AFSL they might be working under....

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Financial planning

A former financial adviser has been jailed after being found guilty of stealing shares worth almost $1.5 million to meet margin calls on his mother’s margin lending accou...

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Financial planning

FPA chief executive, Mark Rantall acknowledges the high price paid by the industry resulting from bad publicity generated by whistleblowers....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

4 months 3 weeks ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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