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New analysis suggests that Labor’s proposed changes to dividend imputation could have unintended consequences extending well beyond SMSFs to industry and retail superannu...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has provided legislative relief that will allow exchange-traded fund market makers to make named short sales in ETF a...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has urged the mandating of a minimum balance for self-managed superannuation funds and a ban on limited recourse borr...

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The Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission have each entered agreements with ASIC to cooperate and und...

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A former senior Commonwealth Financial Planning planner who escaped conviction under an Australian Securities and Investments Commission prosecution has found himself con...

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The director of now closed Dover Financial Planning, Terry McMaster, has written a series of articles defending his position and questioning the motivations and approach ...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has warned all managed discretionary account providers they need to be appropriately licensed following the cut-over ...

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The interim report and the Royal Commission's hearings clearly show that some financial institutions have fallen far short of treating Australians honestly and fairly, ac...

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The Royal Commission interim report has highlighted dishonesty and greed as two recurring themes in the financial advice industry....

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The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has slammed the industry regulators for failing to sufficiently punish...

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The Royal Commission interim report has shone a light on the poor culture of licensees, particularly when it comes to charging fees for no service. ...

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Financial services licensees rather than individual planners are facing the most change likely to result from the preliminary findings of the Royal Commission into Miscon...

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