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Senate to investigate white-collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... to stop the ongoing financial scandals." Top industry officials, including the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft have raised the issue in the past. "We have to lift the fear and smother the greed. White-collar ...

CBA publicly welcomes former staff bans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
The Commonwealth Bank has publicly welcomed the Australian Securities and Investment Commission's (ASIC) decision to ban former CFPL financial planners, Sharnie Kent and Stuart Jamieson. In a press release issued by the bank it said it reported concerns ...

Industry giants ramp up adviser ethics training

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... representatives from the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA), the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Financial Planning Association (FPA), SMSF Association, Financial Services ...

Platinum to launch Asia LIC

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... to a cap of $50 million. The prospectus for the offer will be lodged with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) at the end of July 2015, the company said in an ASX statement. Over the last months, a number of fund managers have launched ...

Sunsuper and AFA partner for advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... not-for-profit organisations. She is the chair of Job Futures and sits on the Australian Securities and Investment Commission's (ASIC) external advisory panel. Her previous role was chair of Australian consumer advocacy group Choice where she created ...

ASIC budget cuts revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... process to market test the capacity of a private provider to upgrade and operate the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) Registry and to "develop value added products." In addition, it will provide ASIC with $1 million in 2015-16 to ...

ASIC penalties 'like being hit with a lettuce leaf': Murray

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
The penalties applied by the Australian Securities and Investment Commissions (ASIC) are so weak that they are like being hit with a lettuce leaf, Financial System Inquiry chair David Murray said. Speaking at a panel session at the ASIC summit, only ...

Original FoFA laws take immediate effect

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... the original FoFA laws are now fully in place, enforcing them is a job for the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC). ASIC issued a release saying it would "take a practical and measured approach" to administering the new laws. It went ...

Astarra director banned, loses AAT appeal

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has backed the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) decision to permanently ban former Astarra director Eugene Liu from providing financial services. AAT senior member Jan Redfern said: "there ...

FPA rejects FSC adviser regulation plans

ALICE URIBE, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... raised concerns about the transition for older advisers. Under the proposal the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) would also see its powers to regulate reduced, with a greater emphasis on enforcement. "I am very purist about the ...