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ASIC consults on LIF powers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... Financial advisers and the life insurance industry are being asked to consult the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) over plans that would give the regulator power to set a maximum level of upfront and ongoing commission payments ...

ASIC bans NAB-aligned adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... Bank (NAB) owned Meritum Financial Group has been banned for six years by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). NAB has welcomed ASIC's action against Mark Tidbury after the bank reported him following an internal investigation. ...

ASIC forms its views on MySuper dashboards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released research suggesting there is a more positive sentiment towards superannuation based on annual tests of the MySuper dashboard. ASIC has published results from its 2014 consumer ...

Third SMSF auditor banned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has continued its crackdown on self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors, disqualifying a third person in as many days. James Dermody of New South Wales is disqualified from being an ...

FoFA end marks start of new advice era

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... to pass if they want to be on the register developed earlier this year by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The Government is expected to introduce some draft legislation before the end of 2015 in order to implement these measures ...

ASIC sees potential for "large scale loss" in robo-advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) warned that a flaw in an algorithm could lead to "large scale loss" for clients of robo-advice systems. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) Congress in Brisbane, ASIC senior ...

ASIC grilled on whistleblower compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... agenda after the Senate Economics Committee grilled representatives from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). At the latest Senate Economics Committee hearing, Nationals' Senator John Williams asked: "I think our treatment of ...

ASIC sets up special robo-advice taskforce

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has set up an internal robo-advice taskforce that will monitor developments in digital advice. The taskforce will focus on studying how robo-advice providers comply with the best interests ...

Class amends IPO after AMP acquisitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... Exchange (ASX). It is expected the supplementary prospectus will be lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission by Friday, 6 November 2015. During this time applications for shares under the original prospectus will be temporarily ...

Macquarie set to pay $14m to advice clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... compensation. Macquarie Group confirmed that the enforceable undertaking dictated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to the group's advice arm has been completed. Out of the 1,165 cases where Macquarie initiated the review ...