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IFS caught investing in unregistered schemes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
Industry Fund Services (IFS) has breached an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) class order by incorrectly investing client funds into an unregistered managed investment scheme. IFS recently changed their investment options after ...

CBA leads on client satisfaction despite planning scandals

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... have appeared constantly in the media over the last few months and have even prompted an inquiry into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for its failure to address the issues. The survey found that client satisfaction with CBA ...

Suncorp reacts to "deteriorating" situation in life risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... profit after tax for the 2014 financial year, but not its dividends. The life insurance business told the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that it has revised "claims and lapse assumptions" as part of its financial results for the year ended 30 June ...

APRA announces draft 2014-15 supervisory levies

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... institutions such as banks. Super funds will also need to pay an additional $12 million in levies to cover Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) activities, $7 million for Tax Office activities and $5 million for Department of Human ...

ASIC warns of complacency over confidential information

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has found little evidence of selective disclosure of market sensitive information at analyst briefings but has warned companies not to become complacent. In 2013, ASIC looked at the handling ...

FPA reveals 10 point plan to improve advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... "general or product information." It also asked for the establishment of a public register managed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). According to the FPA, ASIC "should have suspension powers for financial planners and advisers ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... quarter. In company news, Newcrest Mining releases its quarterly production report, and Spotless lists on the Australian Securities Exchange. Telstra chairman Catherine Livingstone is scheduled to speak at the QUT Business Leaders' Forum in Brisbane. ...

MySuper dashboards, ASIC warns trustees

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
Following a regulatory review of MySuper product dashboards, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued extra guidance to superannuation trustees about how they need to be handled. The guidance update focuses on how the dashboards ...

Blue Sky directors buy stake in Alternatives Fund IPO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... million to list Australia's first diversified, alternatives-focused listed investment company (LIC) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

Macquarie admits "unresolved matters" with ATO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... the stock market. "This matter has been substantially resolved," Macquarie said in an announcement at the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The group's 2014 Annual Financial Report says that "during the current and prior years, Macquarie group received ...