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ASIC compensation skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... report says. It is also targeting the risk arising from the misalignment between people's understanding of financial products and how these products are designed, disclosed and marketed. In the coming months, ASIC's Wealth Management Project will focus ...

False ASIC licensing claims lead to closure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... licence individual advisers. Further concern was raised by ASIC over statements on the website promoting certain financial products, saying they may have falsely given an impression to investors that their investment would entitle them to the benefits ...

Global advice group becomes investment bank

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... further meet these evolving needs and wants by enabling us to develop and provide new, specialist and innovative financial products and services to help our clients achieve their long-term financial goals," Green said. "Like our recently announced private ...

Kaplan buys artificial intelligence regtech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... 'risky' content in the creation stages to help advisers and licensees remediate compliance issues when promoting financial products or services. "We are investing in real-time learning with the aim of further equipping advisers with the tools they need ...

Super funds trawling eBay for legacy parts

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... the process "too difficult or too expensive." "Customers are effectively locked into out-dated or uneconomic financial products and industry participants are locked into out-dated technology systems that are increasingly difficult to support," she said. ...

Government repeats fintech focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... fintech -by removing barriers to these innovations and encouraging our citizens and businesses to embrace new financial products and services, while maintaining acceptable risk levels to ensure that confidence in our financial system is retained," Morrison ...

AAT upholds adviser appeal against ASIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... stating that the MINI warrants in his case were not a derivative under the Corporations Act and therefore not financial products. ASIC is currently considering appealing the AAT's decision to the Federal Court.

ASIC bans Sydney adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... Jane Keegan, a former representative of Protect Ensure, was banned for recommending SMSF clients invest in financial products issued by Protect Ensure. Keegan was a representative of the group from November 2013 to December 2014 and was found to have ...

Virgin Super sees Mercer takeover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... executive Greg Boyle said the partnership marries Virgin Money's commitment to delivering simple and rewarding financial products with Mercer's industry-leading customer experience offerings and digital capabilities. "Virgin Money Super is about helping ...

ASIC bans life insurance adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... have failed to make reasonable inquiries into clients' financial objectives and conduct investigations into financial products that suited said objectives. ASIC also found he submitted an insurance application without his client's knowledge or consent. ...