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SMSF adviser ordered to repay clients

The Australian and Securities Investments Commission (ASIC) has ordered a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) adviser to repay his clients a total of $77,000. In December last year, ASIC had obtained permanent injunctions to prevent Steven Preston ...

AXA's Andy Penn fights APRA ban

Axa Asia Pacific Holdings' senior executive Andy Penn has lodged an appeal against APRA's decision to ban him from running a superannuation fund. The super regulator's disqualification order against Penn came following its long-running investigation ...

ASIC and IAG resolve premium problems

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and an Insurance Australia Group (AIG) subsidiary company have resolved problems associated with policy discounts offered to customers caused by computer system problems. The deal involves ...

ASIC winds up managed investment scheme

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has moved to wind a managed investment scheme operated by South Australian man Guiseppe Mercorella. ASIC alleges that the scheme is in breach of the Corporations Act 2001 (the Act) since 2002 ...

ASIC nabs SMSF adviser

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has shut down a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) adviser from conducting any business relating to superannuation. This is the second SMSF shut down by the regulator since its superannuation ...

ASIC bans SMSF adviser

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has moved to shut down a self managed super fund adviser after it was found the adviser had conducted business without an Australian financial services licence (AFSL) and provided misleading ...

Orders issued against investment scheme manager

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been granted interim orders in the Adelaide Federal Court against Guiseppe Mercorella whom the regulator alleges breached the Corporations Act through his involvement in a managed investment ...

ASIC bans financial planner in the west

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Geoffrey Sanders from providing financial services after it determined there was a realistic likelihood he would not adhere to financial services laws in the future. ...

Third operator of early release super scheme punished

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained Federal Court orders against Raymond Heard, the third operator of early release superannuation schemes that illegally freed up over $3.5 million of Australian superannuation benefits. ...

Zurich gives ASIC and APRA enforceable undertaking

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (AISC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) have both accepted an enforceable undertaking from Zurich Financial Services Australia (ZFSA) and its fully owned subsidiary Zurich ...