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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s SMSF factsheet contains ‘an array of seemingly deliberate inaccuracies’ and should be withdrawn, according to econo...

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Ben Jayaweera has been found guilty of six charges of dishonestly causing detriment to clients, involving approximately $5.9 million....

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Graeme Walter Miller, former director of CFS Private Wealth and CFS Corporation, has been charged with dishonesty offences worth $1.865 million....

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The current setup in Canberra is workable for financial advisers, but may get tougher as the economy weakens, according to AMP....

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The corporate watchdog will provide relief from financial adviser compliance obligations, following the government’s announcement it would establish a single disciplinary...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed the degree to which grandfathering will come to an end without the Government having been fully apprised...

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Disclosure is no longer the ‘silver bullet’ it once was, according to a report by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, which examined the effectiveness o...

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Nicholas James Ellis has been sentenced for making false or misleading statements to obtain money from clients and fraudulent misappropriation of client funds....

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The Government’s decision to scrap industry-run Code Monitoring Authorities will save the major planner bodies millions in set-up and running costs....

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is due to appear before the House Economics Committee this Wednesday to discuss how it is implementing the Hayne Roya...

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Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, James Shipton, has pointed to regulatory concerns about the consolidation of investment funds and the consequen...

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The Institute of Public Accountants has put its support behind the Government’s reintroduction of the superannuation guarantee amnesty bill....

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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