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Licensees would do well to pay close attention to the outcome of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s Federal Court action against RI Advice....

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RI Advice Group and a former adviser have found themselves the subject of Federal Court action initiated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission off the b...

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ANZ has announced a 7% decline in full-year net profit at the same time as revealing the cost of client remediation has now grown to $1.2 billion....

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The exit of the major banks means the original funding source for the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority will mostly dry up in May next year with advisers t...

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A former Brisbane-based administrative employee at Fitzpatricks Private Wealth has been permanently banned by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission for seri...

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Twenty-six witnesses appeared before the Royal Commission but only three of them had previously raised their concerns with the Australian Securities and Investments Commi...

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The development of innovative self-service financial planning tools would be a result of extending the Consumer Data Right to super and pensions....

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A key parliamentary committee chairman has challenged the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on whether it was trying to scare people with its self-managed ...

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The Sydney-based firm’s Australian financial services licence has been suspended until 23 September, 2020....

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Westpac has announced another $341 million in provisioning for customer remediation programs....

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Seven different regulators combined with three different complaints and disciplinary bodies mean that financial planners have been left sinking in a regulatory swamp....

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The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Securities and Markets Authority regarding financial benchm...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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 ...

5 months 3 weeks ago

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

7 months 3 weeks ago

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

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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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The Federal Court has made interim travel restraint orders against two Falcon Capital directors, while also freezing one director’s assets....

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