PETER KELL

Financial planning

The principal of Levitt Robinson has said it is inappropriate for the corporate watchdog to launch an appeal against an $82.5 million settlement between former Storm Fina...

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Financial planning

ASIC uses Macquarie’s Storm settlement to challenge premium handed to those who fund class actions....

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Financial planning

Payday lender Nimble Australia has changed its advertising following ASIC concerns it was potentially misleading....

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Financial planning

A British Virgin Islands-based company has consented to Federal Court orders preventing it from selling shares and providing financial services in Australia....

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Financial planning

Providing unlicensed SMSF advice was one of the reasons Money Choice had its licence cancelled and its director banned by ASIC....

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Financial planning

ASIC claims it isn’t responsible for preventing investor losses and wants manufacturers to educate investors on complex products....

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Financial planning

ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell has cautioned dealer groups on hiring planners who previously worked for dodgy advice practices....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers’ behaviour flagged after complaints of inappropriate advice....

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People & Products

ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell has been promoted to deputy chair for a five-year period and will commence his new role on 6 May....

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Superannuation

The Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) has welcomed the findings of the regulator’s SMSF Taskforce, but says trustees still require specialised propert...

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ASIC’s SMSF Taskforce has reviewed 100 investor files relating to the establishment of SMSFs in an effort to improve the quality of advice given to investors, it said. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has banned a Sydney-based mortgage broker from engaging in credit activities for five years and cancelled his Australian credit licence....

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Superannuation

The mortgage broking industry appears to have created a more aggressive push into the ever-expanding SMSF segment. ...

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Superannuation

ASIC has signaled it will soon be issuing a consultation paper dealing with the costs associated with self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs)....

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Superannuation

ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell has pointed to poor quality advice with respect to SMSFs and the influence of real property spruikers....

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