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Superannuation

With the increased scrutiny of self-managed super funds (SMSF) from the regulator, the soon-to-be-introduced penalty regime for trustees and the increasing diligence of S...

Financial planning

NAB Wealth will refund customers after it found some of its customers had received incorrect compensation after an investment income error on its Navigator platform....

Financial planning

Advisers have been encouraged to incorporate limited managed discretionary accounts (MDAs) into their suite of services before the corporate regulator moves. ...

Financial planning

ASIC band former Melbourne credit representative from undertaking credit activities for five years....

Life/Risk

Virgin Money has been fined more than $30,000 for misleading advertising related to its promotion of a life insurance product....

Financial planning

ASIC has rebuffed suggestions HFT is a problem and stated a ‘lack of hysteria’ should not be mistaken for complacency....

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the licence of a subsidiary of the collapsed Banksia Financial Group but will continue investigation...

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Parramatta-based insurance broker WD Gelle Insurance and Finance Brokers Pty Ltd....

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the licence of a CBA-owned advice group, the second in a month, following a request from the bank. ...

Financial planning

ASIC has suspended the licence of failed debenture issuer and mortgage lender Provident Capital Limited....

Financial planning

ASIC should be given powers to pursue compensation including the first right to sue ahead of investors involved in class actions....

Financial planning

Former sole director of Sonray Capital Markets, Russell Andrew Johnson, has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail after pleading guilty to seven charges last yea...

Superannuation

Macquarie Bank's David Barrett takes a closer look at the cost complexities of setting up a SMSF....

Financial planning

ASIC bans advisers after conviction for dishonest conduct...

Financial planning

Newspaper reports are speculating that the Government will sell off ASIC’s company registry business. ...

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