AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Financial planning

ASIC has requested members of the financial services sector to report suspected breaches and inappropriate behaviour....

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Financial planning

Australia’s two corporate regulators should be held accountable for fostering competition in the financial services space by way of tight legislative mandates....

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Financial planning

Consumers are unlikely to understand the term ‘independent advice’ and its use will help in the management of conflicts of interest according to KPMG....

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Life/Risk

Life insurers should have the same powers as general insurers when it comes to dealing out benefits like riders, according to TAL. ...

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Financial planning

The financial services sector needs a new ASIC commissioner specifically to deal with international regulatory issues....

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Financial planning

ASIC has recommended that institutionally-aligned advisers be labelled as “restricted advice’ businesses and provide statements about limited product advice....

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Financial planning

The former chair of ASIC Tony D’Aloisio will chair listed financial services technology provider IRESS....

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Financial planning

Perth-based planning company, Trafalgar Financial, listed by ASIC on ‘abandoned’ companies list....

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Financial planning

ASIC wants the power to investigate bank managers if it suspects they are coercing planners into selling risky products, Fairfax Media reports. ...

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Financial planning

Centrepoint Alliance has posted an $11 million turn around in after tax profit in the last 12 months driven by good results in its advice and insurance funding businesses...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Commonwealth Bank’s results announcement and its continued standing in the eyes of consumers suggests its financial planning woes have represe...

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Editorial

ASIC must do more than simply identify problems when it publishes its forthcoming report on the life/risk industry. It must identify some solutions....

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Funds management

A Victorian property developer who defrauded investors has been sentenced to five years and three months in jail, following an investigation by ASIC....

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Financial planning

ASIC plans to have more ‘cops on the beat’ as it targets the financial advice sector....

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Life/Risk

ASIC’s upcoming report on risk insurance churn is likely to lead to further debate on removing commissions but would overlook the related costs of advice according to Syn...

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