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The Federal Government has drafted legislation aimed at shutting down an unintended tax concession arising from stapled structure arrangements....

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, James Shipton has specifically singled out superannuation fund shortcoming as contributing to the consumer ...

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Industry superannuation fund body, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, has told the Australian Financial Complaints Authority that super fund monies shou...

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The new Australian Financial Complaints Authority will kick off with a staff of around 550 people with the industry providing funding based on an APRA-style levy....

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The Financial Services Council’s 2018 Leader’s Summit in Melbourne has opened with the message that the financial industry must change or risk change being imposed upon i...

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An independent expert report has recommended the establishment of a publicly-accessible fee comparator facility as an adjust to the Australian Securities and Investments ...

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The Financial Advisers Standards and Ethics Authority has proposed the creation of Provisional Financial Advisers to cover those undertaking their professional year requi...

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The Federal Court has handed down its judgment on the contempt findings brought by ASIC against multiple defendants in proceedings concerning binary option trading websit...

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The Federal Government has released for consultation the second tranche of a bill aimed at better enabling Australian fund managers to expand their reach into Asian finan...

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ASIC has banned Queensland financial adviser, James Cribb, from providing financial services for four years. ...

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The Kiwi regulator’s thematic review on replacement business practices in the insurance industry has a number of important findings for the sector, according to the Finan...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has canvassed its product intervention power being extended to identifying inappropriate remuneration structures....

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