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FoFA changes go too far diluting conflicted rem: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... of the Senate Economics Reference Committee, which is conducting an inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Campo listed "the more problematic exemptions proposed," which according to ISA include the ...

ASIC: no plans for SMSF balance threshold

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has no plans to prevent financial planners from providing advice for self-managed superannuation funds with balances under $100,000. Speaking at the 2014 SPAA SMSF National Conference in Brisbane ...

ASIC could implement immediate suspension of advisers

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) could implement the immediate suspension of "bad-apple" advisers if it had powers to do it. ASIC senior leaders were asked about this issue during yesterday's public hearing of the Senate Economics ...

Ausbil appoints external auditor to investigate fund fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... distribution Adam Lancaster confirmed to Financial Standard that the company has reported the issue to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and has also started an internal investigation. The Emerging Leaders Fund structure was ...

Market Vectors to launch equal weight ETF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... ASX-listed securities. Market Vectors Australia managing director Arian Neiron said: "Currently, there are 77 Australian securities that are all equally weighted in the Market Vectors Australia Equal Weight Index, including the big banks such as Commonwealth ...

ASIC enhances whistleblower communication

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is taking steps to improve whistleblower communication and protection, one of the main concerns that prompted the Senate inquiry into the regulator's performance. ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft ...

Advice riskiest ASIC sector

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft said that in his own view, the regulator still regards financial advice "as the riskiest sector" ASIC regulates. Medcraft appeared this morning at a public hearing of ...

Industry resists full portfolio disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... funds to make public every single holding down to the most granular level. It would be regulated by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission. Among the industry's fears were: full disclosure would compromise intellectual property; it would ...

ASIC cancels Capital Advisers' licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence of Capital Advisers. The regulator also cancelled Capital Advisers' Australian credit licence following concerns that the group ...

Australian operations boost GBST

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... half-year to 31 December 2013 rise 87% on the same period the year before. According to an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), after-tax profits for the period stood at $4.4 million, up from $2.4 million the previous year. The company ...