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Financial planning

Former ASIC deputy chair to head up AFCA panel

Former ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell is to chair the Australian Financial Complaints Authority’s consumer advisory panel....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC reveals Crennan documents

The documents attaching to the rental allowance controversy which led up to the resignation of Australian Securities and Investments Commission deputy chair, Daniel Crenn...

Features

LIF, life and tough times for insurers

Mike Taylor writes that less than 12 months out from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s review of the Life Insurance Framework, the Australian life in...

People & Products

Peter Kell joins ratings commission panel

Former Australian Securities and Investments Commission deputy chair Peter Kell is joining a panel on licensee reporting set up by Adviser Ratings....

Outsider

Kell, Zinn and the familiar faces at Adviser Ratings

Outsider was pleased to see his old mate and former Australian Securities and Investment Commission deputy chairman, Peter Kell, bob up as part of an external ratings com...

Policy & Regulation

Frydenberg names new ASIC deputy chair

The Federal Government has appointed the Productivity Commission deputy chair, Karen Chester as the replacement for Peter Kell as deputy chair of the Australian Securitie...

Financial planning

ASIC cancels Austplan’s licence

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled the AFS licence of Austplan, effective from 25 November....

Policy & Regulation

Life insurer claims data provision made mandatory

Life insurance companies are now under a legal obligation to provide consistent data on claims and disputes to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Aust...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC places Dollarmites in crosshairs

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission said it will commence a review of school banking programs in primary schools....

Outsider

Deputy Kell unholsters his six-shooters

And as the sun slowly fades into the west ... Outsider notes the impending departure of Australian Securities and Investments Commission deputy chairman, Peter Kell....

Policy & Regulation

Kell to leave ASIC before year’s end

Peter Kell has resigned as deputy chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, effective from 6 December, this year, following seven years of service at...

Financial planning

Kell admits ASIC acted too slowly on grandfathered commissions

ASIC deputy chair, Peter Kell, has admitted to the Royal Commission that while the regulator has not paid enough attention to grandfathered commissions in the past, it is...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC throws remuneration into intervention mix

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has canvassed its product intervention power being extended to identifying inappropriate remuneration structures....

Financial planning

FSU blames banks’ culture for poor advice

The Financial Services Union has shown concern that “systemic and cultural problems” in the big banks have led to poor advice outcomes, following revealing evidence from ...

Financial planning

Licensees wanted remediation ‘opt-in’ says ASIC

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has accused financial services licensees of wanting to make clients actively opt-in to the remediation process around...