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Broaden ASIC banning powers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... services and credit sectors. ASIC can currently prevent individuals from providing financial services and cancel an AFS license - it cannot stop them from managing a financial firm or remove individuals involved in managing a firm that may have a culture ...

Small licensees are PI insurance compliant: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
The majority of small Australian financial services licensees are meeting professional indemnity (PI) insurance obligations, according to an ASIC investigation. ASIC's review included 56 small AFS licensees with 20 or less authorised representatives ...

ASIC flags stronger adviser surveillance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
About $618.8 million was paid in compensating and remediating corporate misconduct in the six months to June - almost a fourfold increase on the second half of 2016. During the period, ASIC removed 23 individuals from working in financial service; commenced ...

ClearView slams APL standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Listed financial advice firm ClearView criticised the Financial Services Council's life insurance approved product list draft standard as superficial and ineffectual, saying it will only allow sub-par practices to continue. ClearView managing director ...

ASIC bans Melbourne insurance broker

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... insurance policies without authorisation; and Failed to comply with the requirement that a person who is licenced with an AFS license lodge an annual auditor's report and financial statements with ASIC. Deputy chairman Peter Kell reassured the public ...

Sydney firm sees AFSL cancelled

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
ASIC cancelled the Australian Financial Services Licence of Sydney based insurance company Core Insurance for failing to lodge financial statements and auditor reports for two years. Core Insurance, which trades as Ferme, has held its AFSL since October ...

Regulator finalises ANZ compliance review

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
ASIC confirmed the completion of ANZ's independent compliance review. The review, which was conducted by PwC, investigated compliance functions of ANZ's life and general insurance, superannuation and funds management businesses within the OnePath group. ...

Advisers to foot $24m bill

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
The financial advice industry will pay more than $20 million in levies to ASIC under the proposed industry model to fund the regulator. The figure was released in ASIC's consultation paper on the proposed industry funding model. ASIC forecasts its effort ...

Adviser Ratings makes two senior hires

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Adviser Ratings has expanded its business with two senior hires. Jaime Brands joins as chief operating officer, bringing with her 10 years of industry experience, six of which were at Google Australia and New Zealand as head of external telesales operations ...

ASIC cancels AFSL, bans responsible managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
ASIC recently cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Brisbane-based education and training business, The Sharemarket College. ASIC said the Sharemarket College failed to comply with a number of its obligations as a financial services ...