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Getting SMSFs into infra not worth the effort

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... assets?" Lyon asked during a panel session on infrastructure investment at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Summit in Sydney. "I think we're much better off focusing on driving the ongoing aggregation of small superannuation ...

Labor backs ASIC data retention authority

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... support for amendments to the Government's data retention bill which authorise the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to retain telecommunications data for the purposes of investigating financial services misconduct. In a speech ...

Abuse of reporting rules widespread: Medcraft

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft has highlighted companies "abuse" of breach reporting rules. The head of the industry watchdog made the comments in front of a Senate public hearing in Sydney on Friday following ...

ASIC bans former Patersons adviser for life

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned a former Patersons Securities retail operations manager and financial adviser from practicing financial services. Based on a voluntary report submitted by Patersons Securities ...

AMP practice to pay $10,200 penalty

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... Financial Planning Solutions (AFPS) has been hit with $10,200 in penalties after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) issued an infringement notice for making false or misleading representations. ASIC's concerns related to an article ...

Advisers scramble to gather ASIC register data

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... the information they can in the time that is available." The first phase of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) public register of financial advisers demands that advisers submit a five year history of their employment background ...

Westpac, Count on ASIC radar over complex product advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... 10 licensees forced to undertake corrective action following concerns by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) concerns about financial advice relating to complex products. In December 2013 ASIC identified concerns over complex ...

Nationals pressure Treasury for RC into white collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... the motion for a Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in mid-2013. The inquiry revealed a number of cases of failed financial advice, especially within the advice arms ...

SMSFs attract too much criticism

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... there to protect members against themselves." He also admitted that a recent Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into the quality of SMSF advice had unearthed too many problems. "We still have some way to go before everyone ...

Advice register more detailed than expected

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... firm employees and authorised representatives) will also have to provide the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) with information. The register will include the provider's name, date and place of birth, the name of the licensee that ...