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ASX meets with PRI to discuss sustainability reporting

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) managing director Fiona Reynolds has met with the Australian Securities Exchange this week to urge them to sign up to the Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative. The initiative, which aims to 'educate' exchanges ...

Cormann tables adviser register to "weed out bad apples"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... initiative follows recommendation 44 of the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC). "Our goal remains to ensure that we have a robust but efficient financial services regulatory ...

ASIC concerned about SMSFs, warns spruikers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... promoters recommending Australians to use their self-managed super fund (SMSF) to invest in property has led the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to remind property developers that they need a license to operate. The regulator ...

SMSFs get off lightly in FSI interim report

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... balance of $200,000 or less. The report also addressed the question of advice, citing a 2013 review by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) that found 28% of SMSF advice was 'poor'. In the general superannuation section, the report ...

FSI asks industry to consider greater ASIC powers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... Financial System Inquiry (FSI) Committee, headed up by chairman David Murray, has questioned whether the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) requires greater powers to better monitor Australia's financial services industry. In the ...

ASIC considers compulsory advice for complex products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
Mandatory financial advice for the sale of complex products is among the measures the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is considering to protect consumers from the risks posed by these investment vehicles. In a newly published ...

CBA unveils tougher adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
In the wake of the Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will lift the minimum education standards for its financial advisers and demand that they belong to a ...

ASIC permanently bans former finance broker

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned former Victorian finance broker Rudy Frugtniet after he provided misleading information and lacked full disclosure on a credit licence application. Frugtniet is a former ...

YBR set to acquire mortgage manager RESI

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... lead flow as part of our combined group," YBR executive chairman Mark Bouris said in an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). "The complementary skills and relative strengths of the YBR, Vow and Resi brands and businesses will combine ...

Labor questions Murray, calls for another inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
The opposition has called for a further parliamentary inquiry into the Australian Securities and Investment Commission and the Commonwealth Bank and branded the government's plans to examine financial advice scandals as part of the Financial System ...