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17 October 2019 MEDIA RELEASE
19-281MR ASIC calls on insurers and trustees to take action to improve consumer outcomes from total and permanent disability insurance

A review by ASIC has found significant industry-wide problems with the design of total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance and the claims ...

15 October 2019 MEDIA RELEASE
19-280MR ASIC to provide relief from financial adviser compliance scheme obligations

ASIC has today announced that it will make a legislative instrument to provide relief to Australian financial services (AFS) licensees from financial ...

14 October 2019 MEDIA RELEASE
19-279MR ASIC 'calls time' on disclosure reliance

In a joint report published today, ASIC and the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) looked at the effectiveness of disclosure for ...

14 October 2019 MEDIA RELEASE
19-278MR NSW accountant sentenced for misappropriation, false and misleading statements

Nicholas James Ellis, an accountant and former financial advisor operating in Valentine, NSW, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment to be ...

11 October 2019 MEDIA RELEASE
19-277MR ASIC urges consumers to question whether SMSFs are right for them

ASIC has warned Australian investors considering establishing their own self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) to be particularly aware of the ...

10 October 2019 MEDIA RELEASE
19-276MR Two pre-insolvency advisers plead guilty to money laundering

Mr Stephen O’Neill of Port Melbourne, Victoria and Mr John Narramore, of Main Beach Queensland have both pleaded guilty in the Brisbane District ...

10 October 2019 MEDIA RELEASE
19-275MR Beenleigh adviser banned for seven years

ASIC has banned Beenleigh-based Ian Victor Haisman from providing financial services for a period of seven years. This follows an ASIC surveillance, ...

4 October 2019 MEDIA RELEASE
19-274MR Former NAB financial adviser sentenced

Max Kiattisak Eung, of Tempe, New South Wales, has been sentenced in the District Court of NSW today to three years imprisonment to be served by way ...

4 October 2019 MEDIA RELEASE
19-273MR ASIC warns AFS licensees to meet financial reporting obligations on time

ASIC is reminding all Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensees to lodge their annual financial statements and auditor reports by the due date as ...

4 October 2019 MEDIA RELEASE
19-272MR CommInsure charged with hawking offences

The Colonial Mutual Life Insurance Society Ltd, trading as CommInsure, has today been charged with 87 counts of offering to sell insurance products ...

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