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Life/Risk

The Minister for Finance and Acting Asistant Treasurer, Senator Mathias Cormann will address a Money Management breakfast traversing key issues....

Life/Risk

Risk commissions may be a mis-match for best interests duties, with the current product-driven framework incentivising insurance options that could distract advisers from...

Financial planning

ASIC has begun civil proceeding against the founder and former directors of LM Investment Management Ltd alleging the directors failed in their duties to act with diligen...

Policy & Regulation

The FPA has urged a facilitative approach from ASIC as planners seek to comply with the Senate imposed FOFA reversal....

Superannuation

Towers Watson points to key retirement estimate benefits flowing from ASIC guidance....

Financial planning

A former Storm Financial adviser has had a charge against him dropped after an elderly witness deemed critical to the prosecution’s case died, ASIC reports. ...

Financial planning

A Victorian financial adviser has been banned from providing financial services for seven years after an ASIC investigation found he had breached “numerous financial serv...

Financial planning

ASIC has appointed KordaMentha Forensic to identify high risk advisers within Commonwealth Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom and to review the licence conditions of...

Financial planning

ASIC deputy chairman, Peter Kell warns against ‘gaming’ the general advice regime....

Financial planning

ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from Aurora as part of the regulator’s wider surveillance of the hedge fund sector....

Financial planning

ASIC deputy chairman, Peter Kell has confirmed intra-fund advice is on the regulator's surveillance radar....

Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has taken its case against a property company to the Supreme Court, arguing the group is spruiking the use of ...

Accounting

ASIC to focus on accounting treatment and assumptions....

Financial planning

ASIC has won a legal battle with an investment manager that has dragged on for two years but will not take action to exact any form of penalty....

Financial planning

Trident Investment Management has paid a $10,200 fine for the potentially misleading promotion of some of its investment funds. ...

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

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

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

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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

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