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Problem is weak credit law, not us: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) claimed that it had limited jurisdiction over the credit industry in its final submission to the Senate inquiry. In its final submission, ASIC focused on the reforms to the credit industry and ...

Scam artists impersonate ASIC and MoneySmart

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... warned to be wary of scam artists impersonating representatives of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and MoneySmart. ASIC said the confidence tricksters are calling up from offshore telling unsuspecting consumers that their ...

MoneySmart list of unlicensed companies approaches 700

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
The number of unlicensed companies listed on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)'s online financial literacy website, MoneySmart, has grown to 696. China Environment Group Limited (CEG), based in the British Virgin Islands, has ...

Enshrinement of "financial planner" closer to becoming law

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... profession and industry needs to be behind it," Rantall said. "The FPA welcomes the recommendation by the report to have ASIC, through MoneySmart, promote and communicate to consumers the benefits of enshrining the terms financial planner and financial ...

MoneySmart fin lit schools kits now even more hi-tech

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... and resources designed to help primary school teachers promote financial literacy. The resources are part of the ASIC MoneySmart initiative and revolve around the Foundation to Year 5 principles of planning how to use money, saving, spending, donating ...

ASIC unveils primary school teaching package

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... students and their families on a practical and accessible level - from the very beginning of their schooling." The ASIC MoneySmart Teaching primary and secondary packages integrate consumer and financial literacy education into the Australian Curriculum ...

ASIC clears up infrastructure rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... Infrastructure entities and investors now have a clearer understanding of the risks associated with investing in infrastructure after ASIC released new disclosure benchmarks and principles for infrastructure entities today. The Australian Securities ...

Super trustee guidelines for retirement estimates

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Super fund trustees are set to get a helping hand with predicting their members' retirement estimates. New ASIC guidelines aim to help super trustees enable their members to think about how much money they'll need when they retire so they can start ...

Adviser fee structures hit the spotlight

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... asset-based fees," he told Financial Standard. Bell also warned advisers that there was a growing body of evidence to suggest ASIC doesn't like asset-pricing models. The corporate regulator says on its consumer-oriented MoneySmart website that when choosing ...

Flare up over MoneySmart

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... company Money Solutions. Meanwhile, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said it supports any actions by the government and ASIC to increase financial literacy but that the site should not have recommended one model over the other. "There is no evidence ...