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CFAs told ASIC is for the consumer

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft said the regulator has a significant number of individual surveillances underway at the big four banks, Macquarie and AMP. Speaking at the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) ...

FPA helps advisers with life insurance

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... FPA chief executive, Mark Rantall, said the guide incorporated elements of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Life Insurance Advice Checklist and positioned this as best practice principles that should be applied by all FPA members. ...

ASIC funding model needs "meat on the bones"

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... the government's consultation paper 'Proposed Industry Funding Model for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission' lacks detail about how the model would work, how it will benefit the industry and analysis of possible alternatives. These ...

No industry is immune from poor culture risk: ASIC

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... financial services industry immune from the risk of cultivating a poor culture, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner John Price said. Speaking at the 2015 Customer Owned Banking Convention in Darwin, Price told the ...

Direct investment options are not SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... said. The calls come on the back of a warning to superannuation trustees A by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Commissioner Peter Kell said occasionally the promotion of member-direct or self-managed investment options gave ...

ASIC warns super trustees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned superannuation trustees about the promotion of member direct or self-managed investment options. ASIC commissioner Peter Kell said that occasionally the promotion of self-managed ...

FIIG offers Apple bonds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... telecommunications giant Vodafone. FIIG Securities Limited, which is licensed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), is Australia's largest specialist fixed-income dealer. FIIG has more than $11 billion in term deposits and corporate ...

Regulators put super funds on notice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has flagged new developments in post-retirement as an area it will be monitoring closely. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference recently ...

Australian hedge funds on course to reach $100bn

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... industry association. Currently managing $96.9 billion in assets, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), this renewed interest is set to drive Australia's hedge fund industry through the $100 billion mark, and continue ...

Adviser linked to Spring FG banned for document forgery

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... it was paying Hunter commissions of between $10,000 and $25,000 per sale. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said that Hunter has been an authorised representative of various financial services licensees dating back to 2002. ...