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ASIC bans SMSF adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... ongoing. "If a financial adviser engages in dishonest conduct, ASIC will remove them from the industry," said ASIC commissioner John Price.

No industry is immune from poor culture risk: ASIC

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... industry immune from the risk of cultivating a poor culture, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner John Price said. Speaking at the 2015 Customer Owned Banking Convention in Darwin, Price told the audience that "consumer ...

Direct investment options are not SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... the back of a warning to superannuation trustees A by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Commissioner Peter Kell said occasionally the promotion of member-direct or self-managed investment options gave the impression members ...

Cbus responds to Royal Commission allegations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
Industry superannuation fund Cbus has implored Commissioner Dyson Heydon to reject a version of events pointing to Cbus chief executive David Atkin being involved in releasing personal details of fund members who were Lis-Con employees. On Friday Cbus ...

ASIC warns super trustees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... has warned superannuation trustees about the promotion of member direct or self-managed investment options. ASIC commissioner Peter Kell said that occasionally the promotion of self-managed investment options gave the impression members were provided ...

ASIC warns super funds over transparency requirements

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... financial advisers and other gatekeepers. Some consumers may find it helpful in making superannuation decisions. ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer said, "Our survey indicated that superannuation trustees generally seem to have understood what was intended ...

LUCRF defends political campaign allegations

MARK SMITH, DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... politicians get elected. The reports coincide with mounting pressure on Dyson Heydon to stand aside as the royal commissioner investigating corruption within Australia's trade union movement. LUCRF's chief operating officer Anthony Thow has defended ...

Red tape being reduced for super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... that will likely reduce red tape for superannuation funds. Draft legislation announced on Friday aims to allow the Commissioner of Taxation to pay super amounts directly to individuals with a terminal medical condition. Currently, in many circumstances ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... debate over that confidence-enhancing, employment-producing, growth-supporting issue of marriage equality and royal commissioner Dyson Heydon. These, after Bronwyn Bishop's choppergate. Let's bring Keating back for the finale, "I'm a punter... I tend ...

ASIC financial services enforcements down 10%

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... achieving and rewarding good conduct and good outcomes for customers," the report continued. Commenting on this, ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer said: "Poor culture is a key driver of poor conduct in the financial services industry. "Given the strong connection ...