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Yellow Brick Road has appointed Adam Youkhana as the general manager of its wealth division following the resignation of former chief executive, Matt Lawler, in July....

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The Commonwealth Bank has so far paid over $9.4 million to over 700 customers under its Open Advice Review Program, with assessments to finish by the end of the year....

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Mason Stevens has launched a direct bond investment service for advisers seeking to build goal-based portfolios....

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ANZ Bank will refund $28.8 million in fees to more than 390,000 customers for failing to disclose when periodical payments would apply....

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ASIC’s digital advice regulatory guidance has demonstrated that financial advice law is not technology-neutral, especially where laws were created with older platforms in...

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Former CEO of Wickham Securities has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in respect of 11 fraud offences....

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Ostrava Equities has been wound up and its proprietors, Bradley Grimm and Vanessa Ash, have been restrained from providing financial services....

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In opposing a Royal Commission into the banking sector, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the legal profession would be the only beneficiary while victims would not be...

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The operational standards in ASIC’s RG255 on robo-advice appear to be quite low, FinaMetrica believes....

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Write-off of fixed assets and an increase in income tax has seen Spring FG’s NPAT take a hit, which recorded a modest 7.9 per cent increase, according to its ASX announce...

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Financial advice and wealth advisory group, Omniwealth, has purchased a mortgage broking business to expand its mortgage services, on the back of increased demand. ...

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The FSC has urged the Government and Parliament to prioritise a list of reforms in financial services before venturing into a Royal Commission, which it said would be exp...

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