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Financial planning

05 Mar

Lifespan claims ASIC push is against FSRA

Lifespan Financial Planning has criticised the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), claiming that its hard line on some compliance procedures may disa...

Financial planning

04 Mar

National builds platform for growth in UK

National Wealth Management will export its Australian capabilities in adviser service platforms to the UK, launching a new platform product to spur expansion in the marke...

Financial planning

03 Mar

Lifespan latest casualty of ASIC crackdown

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed an additional condition to the dealers’ licence of Lifespan Financial Planning following concerns ...

Financial planning

28 Feb

Advisers give thumbs up to FSRA disclosure guidelines

Support for disclosure obligations under the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) is high, according to a Securities Institute survey, which shows only 13 per cent of adv...

Financial planning

28 Feb

ASIC hits RetireInvest for poor compliance

RetireInvest has given an enforceable undertaking to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) after an investigation by the regulator found the financi...

Financial planning

26 Feb

ASIC banning upheld after appeal

A decision to ban former securities representative Jan Jungstedt for five years by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been upheld by the Admi...

Financial planning

24 Feb

Van Eyk and Macquarie develop joint blueprint

Macquarie Funds Management and van Eyk Research have partnered to launch a range of pre-blended multi-manager investments called the van Eyk Blueprint Series of Funds....

Financial planning

21 Feb

IOOF postpones listing due to market fears

Financial services group IOOF has put its planned public listing on hold as a result of concerns with the US economy and a possible war with Iraq....

Financial planning

20 Feb

‘Very poor’ groups respond as ASIC comes knocking

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s (ASIC) examination of financial planning groups named as having produced ‘very poor’ plans in the regulator’s recent...

Financial planning

20 Feb

Assirt warns of ‘severe consequences’ for managers

A decline in total assets under management in Australia as well as continuing weak fund inflows is creating a situation Assirt believes could have “severe consequences” f...