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Mortgage Choice has taken its predicted profit hit amid the slowing property market and the uncertainties created by the Royal Commission....

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The Australian Taxation Office has said that it’s already referred 37 SMSF auditors to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission since last June, as part of th...

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Perth-based accountant, Shane Read, has been sentenced in the Perth District Court to four years’ jail for tax fraud....

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed a 50 per cent increase in enforcement investigations of misconduct on the part of the major financial in...

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The Government has empowered the Australian Financial Complaints Authority to deal with complaints dating back to 1 January, 2008....

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The Commonwealth Bank has continued to defy negative headlines and the Royal Commission by being named Major Bank of the Year by Roy Morgan....

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The majority of advice given to self-managed superannuation fund clients isn’t compliant with the Best Interests Duty, as well as nearly 20 per cent risking causing finan...

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Continuing Canberra’s moves against corporate misconduct and crime, Parliament yesterday passed legislation strengthening corporate and tax whistleblower protections....

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A Government-convened forum of property and building identities has discussed the Australian Labor Party’s proposed policy changes on negative gearing and capital gains a...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled it will appeal the Federal Court decision regarding Westpac Securities Administration and BT Funds Mana...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been handed tougher penalties with which to pursue people referred to it by the Royal Commission....

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The Supreme Court of Queensland has issued an order restraining Advanced Wealth Financial Services and former financial adviser, Richard Gardner, from carrying on a finan...

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