ASIC relief from financial adviser compliance scheme obligations takes effect

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ASIC has taken action to provide certainty to Australian financial services (AFS) licensees that they will not be in breach of the law because their financial advisers were not able... Read more continue reading

ASIC acts against SMSF auditor misconduct

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ASIC has moved to disqualify or add conditions to the registration of three auditors of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). The actions arose following ASIC concerns about failures to meet requirements,... Read more continue reading

ASIC warns trustees on new rules for Putting Members’ Interests First

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ASIC has called on superannuation trustees to improve the standard of communication to fund members about important reforms impacting member insurance arrangements. As a result of the recent Putting Members’... Read more continue reading

ATO receives 230 tip-offs per day as focus on the black economy continues

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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) today revealed it received a record-breaking 15,000 tip-offs to its Tax Integrity Centre in the first quarter of this financial year as the agency continues its... Read more continue reading

European Securities and Markets Authority and ASIC to co-operate on benchmarks

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) are pleased to announce that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) setting out... Read more continue reading

ASIC to provide relief from financial adviser compliance scheme obligations

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ASIC has announced that it will make a legislative instrument to provide relief to Australian financial services (AFS) licensees from financial adviser compliance scheme obligations, following a Government announcement last... Read more continue reading

The Banking and Finance Oath and MetLife encourage industry to rebuild trust

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MetLife Australia have worked with the The Banking and Finance Oath to encourage other financial services organisations to back lifting ethical standards across the industry, by supporting their employees to... Read more continue reading

ASIC urges consumers to question whether SMSFs are right for them

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ASIC has warned Australian investors considering establishing their own self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) to be particularly aware of the potential downside to such a strategy, and that many Australians set... Read more continue reading

ASIC warns AFS licensees to meet financial reporting obligations on time

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ASIC is reminding all Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensees to lodge their annual financial statements and auditor reports by the due date as required under the Corporations Act 2001. ASIC expects... Read more continue reading

Retirement income review well placed to scrutinise fiscally unsustainable policies

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The federal government’s announcement this week of an independent review into the retirement income system (“the review”) could facilitate important scrutiny of the government’s own fiscally unsustainable policies. Heffron director... Read more continue reading