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Advisers have 30 days to issue SoA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended the period in which an adviser can provide a Statement of Adive (SoA) from five to 30 days to cope with the frenzy of activity around the new super rules. ASIC said it had responded ...

SEQUAL to boost reach through education

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... reverse mortgages by brokers and planners. This focus on education comes as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently criticised brokers for misleading advertising. Currently, 47 per cent of reverse mortgages settlements occur ...

Regulation of private equity unlikely to change

... private equity firms is unlikely to change, Jeremy Cooper, deputy chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, told an industry conference this week. Cooper told the annual conference of the Securities and Derivatives Industry Association ...

ASIC watching reverse mortgage materials

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has called on reverse mortgage brokers to ensure advertising and promotional material is clear and not likely to mislead after citing five cases of problematic marketing. With the reverse mortgage ...

Australian Capital Reserve collapses

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
... 21 property developments in NSW and Victoria. ACR had been on the radar of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) throughout the first half of 2007. The regulator issued an interim stop order on ACR's ninth planned prospectus on ...

IMAP open to new members

... are," said Adam Dawes, one of IMAP's board members. Besides meeting up with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for regulatory issues, IMAP is also in talks with research houses regarding a possible ratings standard. The first ...

Investors will be compensated for dud advice: Pearce

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... professional indemnity insurance. The arrangements must be either approved by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) or satisfy other parts of the regulations. "Many licensees already have professional indemnity insurance in place," ...

Planning business gives teachers bad advice

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... Capital to inform all affected clients and correct the advice they were given. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) also accepted an enforceable undertaking from First Capital to reimburse any client who switched back to First ...

Insurance made easier for associations and clubs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... be exempt from insurance seller status and associated regulatory costs in an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) proposal to attack underinsurance. The consultation paper proposes that group purchasing bodies, until now seen as insurance ...

D'Aloisio put forward as Lucy's replacement

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
... Peter Costello has flagged his preference for who should fill the top job at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), proposing former Australian Stock Exchange head, Tony D'Aloisio, take over when current chairman Jeffrey Lucy steps ...