ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft defends ASIC’s record, claiming the media misunderstands the regulator’s relationship with the AFP....
Existing levels of adviser education should be considered a pathway to degree level qualification....
Planners remain immobile as they await Treasury clarity on grandfathering. ...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has changed the definition of ‘hedge fund’ in a bid to tighten disclosure requirements for higher-risk schemes...
ASIC confirms GTL TradeUp has entered liquidation....
Perth-based Chambers Investment Partners has had its Australian financial services licence cancelled after the company failed to obtain professional indemnity insurance a...
Super funds warn that customer due diligence will unreasonably tie up resources....
FPA to make submission around transparency and consistency of dispute resolution scheme....
ASIC claims to have been misinterpreted and that it will now consider matters relating to the RBA/Iraq bribery allegations....
Licensees using PI insurance to stop free movement of advisers to competitors....
A Queensland accountant who helped his clients avoid paying more than a million dollars in tax has been sentenced to six years in prison. ...
ASX chairman Rick Holliday-Smith has congratulated the two ASX board members who stood down last week....
Lawyers target planners as ASIC says PI is a risk management tool rather than a consumer protection mechanism....
Milana Pokrajac takes a look at the troubled dealer group WealthSure, its history and its plan to change what the regulator deemed a bad compliance culture. ...
ASIC announces EU for Spring Financial Group ahead of Federal Court proceedings against an AR....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...