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Mike Taylor reflects that 2015 was a year of policy challenges for the financial services industry, many of which will continue into 2016....

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Australian Capital Markets' parent company, Formax International, gets rap over knuckles from ASIC over misleading interpretation of ACM AFSL suspension....

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The ATO is reviewing private company partnerships that enable individuals to access business profits without paying ‘top-up’ income tax at their marginal rates of tax....

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ANZ will pay approximately $13 million in compensation after failing to accurately apply bonus interest to customers’ Progress Saver Accounts for a number of years. ...

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Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O’Dwyer says it is wrong to suggest Australians can use the current super regime to amass multi-billion dollar balances....

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GE Money has changed its promotion of personal loans and debt consolidation loans after ASIC found it to be potentially misleading....

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ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft says the regulator supports robo-advice but also acknowledges problems such as meeting best interests duty and compensating for bad advice....

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Negative gearing and the cost of super tax concessions have been unfairly cast as villains in the tax debate, according to Deloitte. ...

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Following concerns from ASIC, NAB has removed two entities and representations of face-to-face contact, legal action, and bankruptcy in its debt collection letters....

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The Government will consider further extending the existing FOFA provisions if reforms are not found to better align firm and consumer interests by 2018....

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The Government’s response to the FSI to lift professionalism in financial advice and planning through education has been welcomed by industry bodies...

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The Government’s FSI response has delivered on higher educational standards for planners together with enshrinement of the term “financial planner/adviser”....

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