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Concerns about Labor’s proposed franking credit reforms have certainly carried into the new year, with one retirement income expert slamming the policy as failing the tes...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is continuing to pursue one of its longest-ever litigations surrounding the collapse of MFS Investment Management by ...

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ASIC has imposed additional conditions on the Australian financial services licence of Kaz Capital, following concern on the adequacy and effectiveness of the company’s c...

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The IOOF acquisition of the ANZ pensions and investments business has been delayed to meet the requirements resulting from last year’s Australian Prudential Regulation Au...

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Industry organisations and firms have until 1 February to lodge a pre-Budget submission with the Federal Treasury but, thus far, no one actually has....

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Having an unblemished record as a chartered accountant is not justification in itself for being granted an Australian Financial Services License, according to the Adminis...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission may be well away from finalising the RG 97 regime but it wants financial services firms to deliver ‘good faith’ compl...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is moving to eliminate the reporting of intrafund advice costs as separate line item for superannuation funds....

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The Association of Financial Advisers has expressed concern at the impact of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority denying higher education providers the r...

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The Association of Financial Advisers has warned that not enough financial advice experience and understanding has been applied to developing the Financial Adviser Standa...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled it is not yet finished with its already two-year-old court against Westpac/BT over alleged client ‘best...

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The industry funds dominated Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has helped deliver ‘first strikes’ against the remuneration reports of National Australia Bank...

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