ASIC vigilant on bad SMSF advice
ASIC is putting the pressure on financial advisers to provide appropriate SMSF advice using "professional judgment", as the regulator flags serious instances of misconduct it wants to curb.
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ASIC is putting the pressure on financial advisers to provide appropriate SMSF advice using "professional judgment", as the regulator flags serious instances of misconduct it wants to curb.
With just days until the previous scheduled date of 1 October, ASIC has once again delayed the date that relevant providers must be registered.
Single disciplinary body the Financial Services and Credit Panel has published its first outcome, relating to an adviser who impersonated a client on the phone.
ASIC has extended the deadline for registration of financial advisers and shared when it expects the portal to open.
Leah Sciacca, ASIC senior executive for financial advisers, has outlined some of the activities of the Financial Services and Credit Panel, which commenced operations last year.