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Govt will not ban commissions: Pearce

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
... conflicts of interest, when advisers were selling products with commissions attached. In a veiled acknowledgement of the ASIC report and in a nod towards cleaning up the industry's conflicts issues, Pearce said consumers are starting to become more aware ...

ASIC too soft on AFSL applicants: Aud Gen

ASIC has issued Financial Services Licenses (FSLs) in a rush and without properly inspecting applications from a number of financial planners, dealers and insurance brokers, according to a new Auditor-General report. The report by the national Auditor-General ...

FPA rejects calls for prosecution

... work with FPA members to improve standards in the financial planning sector and have urged them to act on the latest ASIC report quoting examples of good practice in disclosure of soft dollar benefits."

ASIC accepts enforceable undertakings from two Lifetrack directors

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has also accepted enforceable undertakings from Lifetrack Management Ltd and Messrs David Smith and Alan Rich, two of its directors. Lifetrack was the approved trustee of the AM Pooled Superannuation ...

Campbell releases Amendment Bill to aid FSR transition

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Senator Ian Campbell has released a list of proposed legislative changes designed to clarify aspects of new arrangements introduced by the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA). "The Government and the Australian ...

Planners concede need for tighter policing: Adviser Ratings

... while 88% thought that "licences should be graded." In further grim reading for the industry, 97% said that the ACA/ASIC report would have "a negative effect on public confidence." The Financial Planning Association (FPA) also came under fire. 84.5% ...
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