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MLC refunds $67m in advice fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... regarding their superannuation, MLC Super chief executive Matthew Lawrance said. The move is off the back of corporate regulator ASIC engaging in "ongoing discussions" with MLC trustee NULIS. MLC appointed an independent expert to review compliance breaches ...

Centrepoint bumps up advice litigation provision

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... trust that consumers place in the financial services industry, and Centrepoint, in particular," he said. Corporate regulator ASIC banned former PIS financial adviser Ramana Rao from providing financial services for three years in November last year. ...

Former BBY adviser cops 10-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... adviser has been banned for 10 years, while an ex-CBA adviser pleaded guilty to forging client documents, corporate regulator ASIC said. ASIC banned Perth-based Sergio Nicolo Belardo, a former authorised representative of stockbroking firm BBY between ...

ASIC sets sights on IPO investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... could not be relied on to tell the whole truth about an IPO. An ASIC review in 2016 of prosecutes resulted in the regulator ASIC requiring corrective disclosure from issuers on 134 occasions, making 56 interim stop orders and five final stop orders. ...

Super funds on notice over disclosure deadline

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... significant changes in the way superannuation and managed investment funds disclose fees and charges. Corporate regulator ASIC said the changes will help bring industry-wide consistency to product disclosure statements (PDSs), as well as better alignment ...

ASIC wins first court action for FoFA breaches

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Corporate regulator ASIC successfully brought its first action against a licensee for breach of the Future of Financial Advice reforms in the Federal Court. Melbourne-based financial advice firm NSG Services (NSG) was found by the court to have breached ...

FPA expels and fines dishonest member

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... four allegations alleged and postponed announcing whether sanctions would be applied. In the same month, corporate regulator ASIC also banned Tindall from providing financial services for a period five years. Tindall has appealed the ban to the Administrative ...

Hedge funds battle identity crisis

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... the aftermath of the GFC, the Australian hedge fund industry has been working on transparency for some time. Even regulator ASIC, in its 2015 snapshot of the hedge funds sector, said there is "not any strong evidence that hedge funds pose significant ...

Industry innovation is not coming from within: Sharp

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... economy." He praised the efforts being mounted by the fledgling fintech sector and the assistance of corporate regulator ASIC in providing 'sandbox' relief to start-up digital technologies. "These are positive measures. But my hesitation with endorsing ...

FoFA disallowance vote will save "millions"

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... ISA statement said. "Of particular concern is the heavy reliance on disclosure despite clear evidence from the regulator ASIC that it isn't an effective tool to improve the quality of advice. Specifically, enhanced statements of advice are not required ...