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Administrators fined over 'free ' SMSF set up claims

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... Esuperfund has paid $30,600 in penalties after ASIC issued three infringement notices for false or misleading online advertising. Each infringement notice imposed a penalty of $10,200. The advertisements related to Esuperfund's business of providing ...

AustralianSuper, HOSTPLUS launch own-brand debit cards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... bank accounts, which have been available for a few months, has been low key. HOSTPLUS has sent flyers to its members advertising the account, while AustralianSuper has been offering it to new members when they sign up. Neither has alerted media of the ...

ASIC to renew focus on misleading advertising

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has listed advertising of financial products as one of the current and future areas of focus in its latest enforcement report. The regulator has achieved 256 enforcement outcomes in the six ...

Regulators relaxed about social media: IOSCO

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... social media by using traditional regulatory approaches as the fundamental rules and guidelines already established for advertising, product disclosure, risk warnings, record keeping, and general supervisory control requirements." However, regulators ...

ASIC concerned about SMSFs, warns spruikers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... a property investment and a limited-recourse borrowing arrangement." The taskforce is also focusing on misleading advertising of SMSF services and it has expanded its work to regularly review online advertising channels, such as Twitter, Facebook and ...

SMSFs get off lightly in FSI interim report

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... He singled out the need for SMSF auditors to be specialised. He also said ASIC was clamping down on misleading SMSF advertising, including on social media. He said the regulator is also scrutinising organisations claiming to be 'one-stop shops' for SMSF ...

ASIC considers compulsory advice for complex products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... performance," ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer said. "ASIC will continue to monitor issuers' compliance with disclosure and advertising when selling complex products, and encourage industry-led initiatives in the development of product development and distribution ...

Retail funds also guilty of 'Compare the Pair' vagueness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
BT and ANZ may need to follow Industry Super Australia (ISA) in clarifying the language of their superannuation advertising campaigns, following a ruling by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) over use of the term 'average' in ...

ISA to change Compare the Pair ads

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) will change its 'Compare the Pair' advertising campaign to include disclaimers after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) expressed concern that the ads were misleading to consumers. In future advertisements ...

2014 MAX Award Winners and Finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014