News : ASIC

ASIC, financial advice

Adviser levy increase unfair

Financial adviser levy

The government’s decision to end the financial adviser levy freeze is unfair as the model for calculating the appropriate fee level is still under review.

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ASIC, financial advice, Financial Planning

ASIC levy to rise past $3000

ASIC adviser levy

The financial adviser levy charged by ASIC will climb past the level that led to the previous government imposing a two-year freeze on the industry funding applied by the regulator.

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ASIC, financial advice

Adviser levy set to increase

adviser levy

The government will end the temporary relief program on the ASIC levy paid by financial advisers from the end of this financial year.

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ASIC, Property, SMSF

Unlicensed SMSF property scheme wound up

unlicensed SMSF scheme

The Federal Court has ordered an unlicensed SMSF investment scheme to be wound up and a lifetime ban from managing corporations for one of its directors.

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ASIC, Compliance, SMSF

ASIC takes action on SMSF advice

ASIC SMSF rollover

ASIC has penalised two individuals for acting against their clients’ best interests when persuading them to transfer their superannuation funds into SMSFs.

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ASIC, Auditing, SMSF

ASIC deregisters more auditors

SMSF auditors registration

ASIC has cancelled the registration of nearly 30 SMSF auditors for failing to lodge annual statements, pushing the number of cancellations past 400 for this year.

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ASIC, Compliance, financial advice

Adviser registration date pushed back again

Adviser registration date

ASIC has extended the date by which financial advisers must be registered with the regulator by a further three months, with the new date set for October.

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ASIC, Compliance

ASIC targeting company compliance

SMSF corporate trustees compliance

Increased scrutiny is being applied to the compliance activities of SMSF corporate trustees by ASIC.

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ASIC, SMSF

Melbourne adviser cops permanent ban

adviser banned SMSFs

ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser for misappropriating over $1.6 million in client superannuation savings rolled over to SMSFs.

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ASIC, financial advice

Licensee breach reporting guide revised

AFS licensees

The regulatory guide governing the reporting of Australian financial services licensee and credit licensee breaches has been updated by ASIC.

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