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Financial planning

ASIC uses examples of its actions against financial planners and others to defend its record. ...

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Funds management

Gold Coast-based fund manager Peter Drake has had his passport seized and assets frozen....

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Financial planning

FPA recommends creation of stakeholder body to drive education standards....

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Financial planning

Perpetual has received the final regulatory approval required to proceed with its acquisition of The Trust Company, with the New Zealand Overseas Investment Office granti...

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Financial planning

A roundtable is warned that ASIC runs the risk of being sued if it tries to head off trouble in the financial services industry before it occurs....

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Financial planning

Lawyers target planners as ASIC says PI is a risk management tool rather than a consumer protection mechanism....

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Financial planning

Last week, Money Management published the first eight of Paul Derham’s 16 tips to help planner practices sail through their next licensee compliance audit. In part 2, Der...

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Editorial

With the naming of the first Abbott Cabinet, the Australian Financial Services industry has, unusually, found itself dealing with ministers who actually have some experie...

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Superannuation

CSSA is calling on the Coalition to adopt the super leniency regulation it put forward under Labor....

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Editorial

Milana Pokrajac takes a look at the troubled dealer group WealthSure, its history and its plan to change what the regulator deemed a bad compliance culture. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC announces EU for Spring Financial Group ahead of Federal Court proceedings against an AR....

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Financial planning

Adviser required to give up authorised representative status...

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Superannuation

The Institute of Chartered Accountants argues it's time to review borrowing within SMSFs before it becomes a problem....

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Accounting

ASIC data reveals the accountants’ limited licensing regime is already gaining traction....

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Editorial

Given the nature of the relationships which traditionally exist between dealer groups and research houses, how many financial planners can actually claim to have a better...

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