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ASFA appoints first COO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... financial officer at Oasis Asset Management. He has also held positions at the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and Treasury. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said: "The new COO role is key to delivering ASFA's business and operational ...

FoFA introduced into parliament with some tweaks

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
As expected the bill to amend the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms was introduced to parliament today. The Corporations Amendment (Streamlining of Future of Financial Advice) Bill 2014 saw an 11th hour amendment to the general advice component ...

Industry resists full portfolio disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... 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 disclose commercially ...

Trio victims condemn Astarra director jail release

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
The Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) have condemned the release of Astarra Asset Management former director Shawn Richard after two years and six months in prison. The organisation that represents the victims of the Trio Capital fraud have described ...

ASX managed funds services gets ASIC nod

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... its 'mFund Settlement Service' - the third incarnation of AQUA II - after the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) gave it the go-ahead. However, the ASX must await approval from the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ...

Banned adviser spent client savings on sports car business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from Sydney financial adviser Gabriel Nakhl which permanently prevents him from providing financial services after he used clients' cash on his sports ...

Customers accuse NAB of "predatory lending" in Senate inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
The National Australia Bank (NAB) does not intend to make a submission to the Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investment Commissions (ASIC) despite customer submissions accusing the bank of "predatory lending." A ...

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 ...

ASIC's SMSF report being misread

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
A report commissioned by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) into the cost of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) has been misinterpreted. The report, 'Cost of Operating SMSFs', which was prepared by Rice Warner Actuaries ...

Wickham Securities chairman banned for two years

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... Securities has been banned from financial services for two years and seven months. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has banned Bradley Thomas Sherwin after he declared himself bankrupt. ASIC is still investigating Sherwin and ...