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Problem is weak credit law, not us: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) claimed that it had limited jurisdiction over the credit industry in its final submission to the Senate inquiry. In its final submission, ASIC focused on the reforms to the credit industry and ...

Senate to question ASIC over alleged RBA corruption

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
The Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will "no doubt" question the regulator over its failure to act on the alleged corruption within subsidiary companies of the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

ASIC, "twin peaks" model faces review

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
Evidence that it took at least 16 months for ASIC to act on whistleblowers' information about misconduct within the Financial Planning division of Commonwealth Bank became a turning point in the long-running debate around the effectiveness of the current ...

ASIC admits Commonwealth FP investigation was "not adequate"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... document to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) that is investigating the regulator for having reacted late to whistleblower alerts that some financial planners at CBA were not providing proper advice to their clients. "ASIC considers that its communication ...

First submissions to ASIC inquiry made public

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... a motion into Parliament asking for a Senate inquiry into ASIC after media reported that it had acted slowly on whistleblower information about cases of misconduct in the financial planning unit of Commonwealth Bank. "We will be looking at any other ...

ASIC's powers heightened under FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will act more strongly on cases of misconduct in the wake of Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) the regulator said. The new FoFA regulation has allowed ASIC to take civil penalty actions, whereas ...

ASIC to face parliamentary inquiry over CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
Parliament will launch an inquiry into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), after it was revealed that the regulator took 16 months to act on information that suggested serious misconduct in Commonwealth Bank financial planning. ...

FPA calls for whistleblowers and more planner education

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has set up a whistleblowing service and has flagged tougher educational requirements for people who want to become financial planners. Julie Berry, chair at FPA, said the FPA Confidential is an online ...

Whistleblower wanted

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
The FPA is rethinking how it investigates financial planning firms in the wake of the Storm scandal and urges its members to speak out more against unprofessional or unethical behaviour in the industry. Speaking from Townsville, Queensland, FPA chief ...

IFSA toughens up conflicts and ethics standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
... you like, the industry equivalent of our ten commandments." "The Code also supports the use of 'in confidence' or 'whistleblower' reporting mechanisms to help guard against instances of inappropriate practice within member organisations." The newly revised ...