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The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of a Perth advice firm, with the firm having previously seen its licence temporarily suspended in 2020....

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Having proposed changes earlier this year, ASIC has clarified how it will support licensees with additional relief under the reportable situations regime....

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AMP has partnered with BlackRock and research house Lonsec to provide a model portfolio capability on its North platform that offers “portfolio customisation at scale” to...

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Money Management rounds up actions ASIC took against advice individuals in the first half for FY25 from exam falsifications to dishonest conduct....

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Akumin has added a Victorian advice practice to its network, signalling a “focus on recruitment and growth” including by supporting single-adviser practices....

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National advice licensee Bombora Advice has announced its chair Kevin Martin will be stepping down after almost a decade, and the licensee has looked internally for his s...

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Private equity giant TA Associates has made a strategic investment of an undisclosed sum into a major Australian wealth and investment player....

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Shaw and Partners chief executive, Earl Evans, has said the firm is seeking to double the assets under management at its latest New Zealand acquisition ISG, having made t...

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Advice licensee Count has seen an appeal filed to a class action against it which was dismissed earlier this year....

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Going forwards, advisers’ use of platforms will be divided into those “core” offerings and “peripheral” ones, with those in the latter category facing an existential thre...

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ASIC has accepted a court enforceable undertaking from a Perth-based company auditor who failed to adequately conduct multiple audits on an advice firm that receivers say...

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After a brutal month for adviser numbers, the net loss for June now stands at more than 100 advisers, but the financial year is still on track to end in positive territor...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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