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Financial planning

Former staffer accuses ASIC of burying complaints and only acting when complaints reach ‘tsunami level’....

Funds management

ASIC initiates civil proceedings against GE Money alleging misleading and deceptive conduct over credit limits. ...

Financial planning

ASIC has banned a Queensland-based businessman for five years following his involvement in the deceptive marketing and selling of share trading software....

Financial planning

FPA chief executive calls on CFP members to actively promote designation. ...

Financial planning

ASIC is aware of the payment of sign-on bonuses but has yet to signal any specific action. ...

Financial planning

AFA claims FOS ground rules provide inherent imbalance against advisers....

Financial planning

A dealer group head says he lost three practices to a cheque-book in the last 18 months, but all three have expressed a wish to come back....

Editorial

ASIC arguably chose a poor strategy when it sought to reassure consumers about its inaction on matters relating to the Reserve Bank of Australia-related companies, Secure...

Financial planning

South Australian finance broker and a Victorian auditor removed from industry after compliance failures....

Financial planning

ASIC warns of best interest duty breaches where dealer groups take a ‘cookie-cutter’ approach....

Life/Risk

ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell has used his speech at the AFA national conference to announce major surveillance of retail advice with respect to life insurance. ...

Funds management

An accountant involved in the collapse of Dollarforce Financial Services has been sentenced after being charged with making false and misleading statements....

Funds management

Regulator removes five timber schemes after manager struggles with tough year....

Financial planning

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft defends ASIC’s record, claiming the media misunderstands the regulator’s relationship with the AFP....

Financial planning

Existing levels of adviser education should be considered a pathway to degree level qualification....

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5 months 3 weeks ago

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

5 months 4 weeks ago

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

7 months 4 weeks ago

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

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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....

3 weeks 3 days ago

The Federal Court has made interim travel restraint orders against two Falcon Capital directors, while also freezing one director’s assets....

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