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Financial planning

ASIC’s review into how institutions dealt with non-compliant advisers highlighted the need for licensees/employers to follow FPA’s reference checking requirements, the FP...

Financial planning

Breach reporting standards by the Big Four banks and AMP have been found wanting with an ASIC report finding institutions were failing to report adviser breaches on time....

Editorial

The days of the major banks competing for major wealth management assets are gone due to a combination of indifferent financial results and regulatory and reputational ri...

Editorial

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has left Federal Parliamentarians in no doubt that it has concerns about the compatibility of vertical integration wi...

Life/Risk

Macro Realty Group director, Desiree Macpherson, has consented to interim orders from ASIC obtained in a Perth Federal Court earlier this year....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

6 months ago

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

8 months ago

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

3 weeks 3 days ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

4 weeks 1 day ago

Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...

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