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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has harshly criticised proposals to increase compliance penalties against financial planners to double those imposed against people fou...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC has confirmed around 20 per cent of superannuation fund receive ‘rebates’ from insurers with a similar number accepting corporate hospitality....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed to a Parliamentary Committee it is no longer talking about churn but, rather, lapses and the appropriat...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority will come into being next year following the passage of the necessary legislation through the Senate with minor amendments....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has warned it will take action if platform providers break the rules and understate cumulative fees....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has sent a clear message to Managed Discretionary Account operators that it sees personal advice as a key protection ...

Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has made a strong pitch for further law reform to allow it greater scope to handle claims in the life/risk arena....

Financial planning

Approved Product Lists help make advisers more efficient and keep the cost of delivering advice under control, according to the Financial Services Council....

Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed it is focusing on super funds which provide employers with inducements such as free tickets to sporting ...

Financial planning

ASIC has banned Victorian financial adviser, Julie Hamilton from providing financial services for three years....

Financial planning

ASIC has published a report with its approach and assessment of licence applications and professional registrations for the period July, 2016 to June, 2017....

Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed that a number of industry funds have developed offerings that make them look a lot like platforms....

People & Products

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has brought in an expert from Hong Kong to review the regime attaching to RG97....

Financial planning

ASIC has banned South Australian financial adviser Ramana Rao from providing financial services for three years....

Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has raised the possibility that some of the direct sales models being used by life insurance companies could breach t...

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