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Guardian and Asteron help launch pro bono adviser service

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Guardian Advice and Asteron Life have joined together with a network of financial advisers to launch Claims Aid, a service to provide pro-bono claims assistance on life and disability policies. Peter Kaleta, a principal adviser at Life Shield and founder ...

Bipartisan Senate inquiry to grill financial services again

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... Committee inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The new Senate investigation will continue to look at the regulator's performance and will also examine the large financial institutions and the advice ...

Adviser jailed for blowing client funds on fast cars

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... investors out of $1 million to rent sports cars and buy a house has been jailed for more than five years following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Carlo Cini, a former director of Williamstown-based company ...

ASIC cracks down on advisers over PI insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... that still maintained a security bond with ASIC and contacted them to remind them to apply for its release. The investigation resulted in the cancellation of seven AFS licenses: C Greenfield & S Garland, Credit New Holland Group Limited, Michael James ...

ASIC obtains court orders against former Ballast adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... Australia-based financial adviser Marion Joan Pearson and Colisa. The regulator sought the orders as part of its investigation into the adviser's use of investor funds, which were largely from self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). ASIC is not investigating ...

SMSFs stung by $1M property Ponzi scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... obtaining financial advantage by deception, theft and running a financial services business without a licence. An investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) found that Patrick often formed companies to purchase properties ...

CBA unveils tougher adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
In the wake of the Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will lift the minimum education standards for its financial advisers and demand that they belong to a ...

ASIC permanently bans former finance broker

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... across instances like this, ASIC will act quickly to ensure they are removed from the industry," Kell said. ASIC's investigation is ongoing.

ASIC warns fund managers to fix fee disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... together to avoid inconsistent or false disclosure of fees to investors. The regulator has issued a report following an investigation into fee and cost disclosure practices in the superannuation and managed investment industry. ASIC said it undertook ...

Cbus defends member contact sharing policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... been improperly passing on member phone numbers and email addresses to the CFMEU, the fund has launched an internal investigation into the issue overseen by KPMG. Atkin said preliminary findings have shown "no widespread, improper release of personal ...