AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Financial planning

ANZ has agreed to send out gift cards to income protection insurance customers after ASIC concerns....

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Superannuation

APRA has revised six of its superannuation reporting standards after complaints of confusion from key stakeholders....

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Financial planning

ASIC cancels licence of CBA-purchased planning group nine months after deal concluded. ...

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Financial planning

Regulator permanently bans former authorised representative and director of an investment trustee for misleading and deceptive conduct....

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Financial planning

ASIC frustrated that the penalty regime imposed is less than the profit companies gain from poor behaviour, and that disclosure is no longer a 'disinfectant’ for law-brea...

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Superannuation

ASIC and APRA jointly clarify the need for consistent information on MySuper products....

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Editorial

The executive director of the Revenue Group within the Federal Treasury, Rob Heferen, made a very important point to last month’s SPAA conference in Brisbane: any change ...

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Financial planning

Commonwealth Financial Planning whistleblower Jeffrey Morris claims ASIC failed to act to cover its own incompetence....

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Financial planning

Australia’s corporate regulator is severely limited in the range and severity of penalties it can hand out for wrongdoing - particularly compared to the US and UK, a revi...

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Financial planning

ASIC is facing a permanent reduction in funding and is looking to cut staff as a result....

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Superannuation

A self-managed super fund (SMSF) provider has paid a $10,200 infringement notice penalty for misleading advertising on the cost of setting up an SMSF....

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Financial planning

Business of securities adviser subject to an enforceable undertaking has licence cancelled....

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Editorial

Based on recent media coverage, it would be easy to believe that the Abbott Government was quite recklessly setting about dismantling all the consumer protections contain...

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Policy & Regulation

The Assistant Treasurer, Senator Arthur Sinodinos, says ASIC will monitor FOFA changes to ensure they are meeting their objectives....

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Financial planning

The corporate regulator welcomes FOS’ focus on timeliness, but makes no mention of long-term structural change....

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