The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Travers David Loy from providing financial services after investigation found that he h...

While bank-owned dealer groups aggressively increased their adviser numbers in the last few years, non-aligned financial planning businesses have had to put serious brake...

ASIC warns banks about potentially misleading term deposit advertising....

The financial services industry has improved its practice in relation to the automatic rollover of term deposits, the regulator has found....

The Federal Court has given ASIC the green light to pursue Storm founders in court over the failure of the dealer group. ...

Suncorp reports itself to ASIC and accepts life and general insurance compliance upgrade. ...

As we edge closer to 1 July 2013, Fiona Mackenzie encourages practices to look at how fit for FOFA they are and what they can do to become FOFA-ready....

Choosi’s parent company Hollard Financial Services has agreed to change the way it promotes funeral insurance under the Real Insurance brand, as a result of concerns rais...

ASIC may have to explain to a Parliamentary Committee why, when its resources are stretched, it has expended effort reviewing the operations of an independent statutory b...

ASIC seeks industry input on a shift to higher knowledge and skills levels for planners. ...

ASIC points to conflicted, commission-driven culture at Commonwealth Financial Planning five years ago....

When ASIC announced it was appealing a Federal Court decision to approve a settlement between former Storm Financial clients and Macquarie Bank Limited, it broke new grou...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned former Lifestyle Group chief executive Murray John Priestley from providing financial services for ...

ASIC will spend the next 12 months focusing intensely on churn, according to the senior executive leader of the financial advisers team, Joanna Bird. ...