Regulator claims Macquarie Equities Limited (MEL) had “very poor” record keeping and lack of detail in its advice documents....
The financial services regulators have sent a clear message to the life/risk industry about its past mistakes. ...
Your Super Accountant has paid a $2040 infringement notice penalty in relation to potentially misleading statements about the cost of setting a self-managed superannuatio...
Esuperfund Pty Ltd has paid $30,600 in penalties after ASIC issued three infringement notices in relation to “false or misleading” online advertising....
Life/risk advisers are bracing themselves for ASIC to issue a tough analysis of churn and lapse rates....
Both APRA and ASIC express concerns at failure to learn lessons in life/risk sector....
One of Australia’s regulators fears self-managed super funds could expose investors to inappropriate borrowing strategies, but doesn’t see a role for itself in guarding t...
ASIC has cancelled the AFSLs of seven licensees who did not have adequate professional indemnity insurance....
Queensland-based financial adviser, Thanh Quoc Tu, who misled clients, has been permanently banned from engaging in the provision of financial services by ASIC. ...
ASIC has permanently banned former Victorian finance broker, Rudy Noel Frugtniet, from engaging in credit activities....
A former WealthSure financial adviser has been jailed after transferring around half a million dollars out of clients’ accounts without their knowledge. ...
CommFP counters claims by ASIC that it was not informed of key elements of client compensation arrangements...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Victorian finance broker Kieu Thi-Thanh Huynh from carrying out credit activities after...
ASIC declares it is taking a close look at one-stop shops seeking to traverse SMSF establishment and property investment. ...
Businesses that sell general or life insurance, or offer credit as an ‘add-on’ insurance offering, should be on guard as they come under ASIC scrutiny, a law firm warns....
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,...