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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...

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....

Financial planning

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

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...

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...

Superannuation

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

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. ...

Financial planning

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

Financial planning

Adviser required to give up authorised representative status...

Superannuation

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

Accounting

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

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...

Financial planning

Paul Derham draws on extensive recent research to provides tips to help financial planners sail through their next licensee compliance audit. ...

Financial planning

ASIC will impose additional licence conditions on Moneywise Securities following concerns around some of the advice provided to clients. ...

Financial planning

Submissions to the Senate inquiry into ASIC are revealing a wide range of complaints against not only the regulator but banks and insurers....

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