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Financial planning
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser for eight years over false and misleading statements regarding clients’ superannuation investments....
Financial planning
Financial advisers are reminded to ensure their CPD is up to date with the Financial Services and Credit Panel making its second determination in a week after an adviser ...
Financial planning
An adviser has received a written reprimand from the Financial Services and Credit Panel after failing to meet his CPD requirements, the panel’s first action since June....
Life/Risk
The Federal Court has dismissed a conflicted remuneration case brought by ASIC against the director of life insurance distributor Freedom Group, where Bali holidays and V...
Financial planning
ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland has detailed the regulator’s intentions to conduct surveillance on licensees and advisers who are recommending managed accounts, noting a ...
Financial planning
ASIC wants to expand proceedings against Equity Trustees to seek compensation for members following Macquarie’s agreement to pay $321 million over Shield failings. ...
Financial planning
The use of offshore service providers could be exposing clients to potential risks around confidentiality, operational disruption, or effective supervision, ASIC has warn...
Funds management
ASIC has canceled the AFSL of Sydney-based asset consultant and research firm....
Financial planning
ASIC has banned the former CEO of Lighthouse Partners from providing financial services for 10 years after failing to report fees-for-no-service conduct, the second indiv...
Financial planning
The corporate regulator enacted a 50 per cent increase in the number of investigations and a 20 per cent increase in civil enforcement proceedings....
Financial planning
In the wake of a high-profile interim stop order, product downgrades and ASIC’s increasingly watchful eye, Freshwater Wealth founder Roger Perrett has suggested the shine...
Funds management
ASIC has enacted civil penalty proceedings against Fiducian Investment Management Services alleging it breached its duties as a responsible entity and engaged in misleadi...
Financial planning
Licensees have been urged by ASIC to ensure their advisers’ FAR records are updated, as ASIC’s latest estimates find more than 3,000 advisers could be unable to provide a...
Financial planning
ASIC has clarified the outcome of whether it will “name and shame” AFSLs over their reportable situations and internal dispute regimes following feedback from industry st...
Financial planning
Macquarie’s $321 million remediation package will provide welcome relief for investors after a “difficult and challenging” experience, according to the FAAA’s Phil Anders...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...