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The Tax Practitioner’s Board has issued a warning that people who use unregistered tax agents do not receive safe harbour protections when things go wrong....

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The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut rates by a further 25bps, causing the cash rate to fall to a record low of one per cent. ...

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ASIC has permanently banned former financial planner Neil John Evans of Wodonga, Victoria, from providing financial services following multiple examinations of his conduc...

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Corporate whistleblowers will have stronger rights and protections from today after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission updated regulatory guidance. ...

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SMSF trustees are being encouraged to review their current finance rates after changes to the safe harbour rates benchmark affecting LRBAs. ...

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FASEA has approved the Kaplan version of two AFA Professional Designations — the Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner and Chartered Life Practitioner....

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Taking a templated approach to financial advice has seen a financial adviser banned from providing financial services by the Australian Securities and Investments Commiss...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is arguing it can exercise its product intervention powers even if there has been no breach of the law....

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has permanently banned a former Westpac Authorised Representative who advised his clients into Westpac-related produc...

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Hacking a publisher’s Wi-Fi network with the intention of insider trading, engaging in insider trading, and deleting data from devices being examined by ASIC have seen an...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed just how much it has increased its focus on wealth management investigations over the past 14 months....

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The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has been urged to identify the firms against which complaints are being made as well as their suppliers such as insurance co...

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5 months 2 weeks ago

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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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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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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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 confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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