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ASIC demands last resort compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has demanded the introduction of a last resort compensation scheme that would provide compensation to victims of failed investments and bad financial advice "where all the other options have ...

HUB24 posts record inflows in the September quarter

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... services were completed and a Zurich insurance option has been added to the platform. In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), HUB24 said that that the company has begun a round of meetings with Paragem practices, following the acquisition ...

Labor considers ban on insurance commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... commissions into its policy platform in response to last week's damning report on life risk advice from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Speaking at the AFA National Adviser Conference in Cairns, shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen ...

AFA questions ASIC life report

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
AFA chief executive Brad Fox raised concerns over the methodology of Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) report on life insurance advice that was released last week. He told the media that there were questions over the methology ...

SSgA launches US equity ETF

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched the SPDR S&P 500 ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). SPDR S&P 500 ETF (ASX: SPY) aims to provide investment results corresponding to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500 Index. ...

BT launches 'ground-breaking' advice register

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... from his or her adviser. The third commitment in this list of nine commitments was 'No hidden fees'. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) last week published a report that expressed concern that some risk advisers were not adequately ...

Market Vectors launches international ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Market Vectors ETFs is set to launch a new international equities ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The ETF is pegged to the MSCI World ex Australia Quality Index which selects international companies on the basis of three key quality ...

AFA presents renewed strategy and Narrative

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... about the association's policy agenda. In addition to FoFA, TASA and the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) latest report on insurance advice has put the spotlight on life risk. Fox said that the ...

Upfront commissions linked to bad advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... upfront commissions appear to be statistically more likely to provide non-compliant advice, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). While 80% of the risk advice examined in the study was paid for via upfront commissions ...

One third of risk advisers non-compliant, ASIC says

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... insurance must lift the quality of advice and ensure that the interests of their clients are given priority, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has said. ASIC reviewed more than 200 advice files from large, medium and small Australian ...