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Large AFSLs lead advice complaints: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
... client's benefit. "The relevant provider did not obtain any benefit as a result of the telephone conversations," the FSCP said. The panel said Mr. S contravened the Corporations Act by engaging in misleading or deceptive conduct and breaching the ...

Advisers must register for FSCP: ASIC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
Appearing at the FPA Congress today, ASIC senior executive leader Leah Sciacca explained that all financial advisers will need to register with the ASIC Financial Services and Credit Panel, in addition to being registered on the Financial Advisers Register. ...

ASIC highlights strategic priorities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2022
... with their new registration obligations and facilitate the registration of relevant providers. "We will operationalise the FSCP, ensuring its efficient and effective operation as the single disciplinary body for financial advisers," it said. It also ...

Advisers receive guidance on rights under FSCP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... financial advisers who are subject to a hearing or disciplinary measure. In December, ASIC outlined the operations of the FSCP and what powers it has been afforded. In an update, ASIC has now provided further detail as to what instances may lead to a ...

ASIC consults on FSCP sittings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
... Panel, the corporate regulator seeks comments on the financial impact, effect of competition, and other costs and benefits the FSCP will have on industry participants. Specifically, ASIC wants to determine when to convene the FSCP's sitting panel. ...

FSCP panel members named

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
Thirty-one part-time members of the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP) have been appointed by Treasury as the new disciplinary regime kicks off. The Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response - Better Advice) Act 2021 established ...

ASIC unveils details of FSCP operations

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021
ASIC has released further information about the operations of the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP) and what financial advisers can expect next year. Set to commence on 1 January 2022, the FSCP under the Better Advice Bill will have the power ...

Better Advice Bill gets green light

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... Financial Services and Credit Panel within ASIC will make the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority redundant. The FSCP will become the single disciplinary body for the industry by taking on complaints about advisers and overseeing compliance ...

Single disciplinary body consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... core aspects of the bill. The first being the circumstances that ASIC must convene the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP) to consider alleged financial adviser misconduct. Some stakeholders already suggested to limit the volume of matters that ...

Better Advice regulations hit parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... known as the Better Advice Bill, the proposed legislation will see the remit of the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP) within ASIC expand to regulating advisers, operating as a single disciplinary body to govern serious misconduct. The panel ...