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ASIC bans person who made false Facebook investment claims

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
A person from a Sydney-based investment business has been banned from providing financial services after he persuaded investors to invest money with him on the false grounds that he had access to an exclusive deal involving the Facebook initial public ...

ASIC reviews FoFA progress

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms have had little effect on either adviser numbers or the type of financial advice AFS licensees provide, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In its review on the implementation ...

CBA, ASIC unveil details of new compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has revealed the details of the new licensing conditions for its financial planning businesses after the original process to compensate victims of poor advice was found to be inconsistent. Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFPL) ...

ASIC cracks down on advisers over PI insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled seven Australian financial services (AFS) licenses that did not comply with professional indemnity (PI) insurance obligations. The review targeted licensees which had not requested ...

Countplus' TFS increases equity in advice firm

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... Financial Standard. Aris said that TFS has acquired 40% of equity in Financial Momentum, a firm already under its AFS license. He confirmed that TFS is in talks with other advice firms and will make some announcements over the coming months. "We are ...

ASIC cancels 8 AFSLs after review

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
Eight advice businesses have had their Australian financial services (AFS) licenses cancelled after an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) review into licensees that failed to lodge audited annual statement. The review has resulted ...

ASIC eyes fee for service funding model

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) asked the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to consider changing the regulator's funding model to one partly based on fee for service. In a submission to the Murray inquiry, ASIC proposed to charge ...

ASIC asks for public adviser register to track "bad apples"

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has asked for a public register of financial advisers detailing licensee records so the regulator and investors can easily identify "bad apples." In a submission to the Senate inquiry about ...

ASIC warns consumers about NRAS property ads

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned consumers about advertising that promotes the use of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) to invest in residential properties through the National Rental Affordability Scheme ...

SPAA approves government's response to Trio reports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
The self-managed super funds Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has come out in support of the government's response to the parliamentary inquiry into the collapse of Trio Capital, and the report into compensation arrangements for consumers ...