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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released final rules around over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trade reporting obligations for financial i...
Editorial
When Commonwealth Financial Planning was subjected to an enforceable undertaking imposed by ASIC in 2011, it was the subject of a good deal of media coverage in Money Man...
Life/Risk
Some progress appears to be being made towards finding common ground on life/risk sustainability and churn....
Life/Risk
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Travers David Loy from providing financial services after investigation found that he h...
Funds management
Retail derivatives issuer Apex Derivatives will be wound up after ASIC received orders in the Federal Court....
Editorial
Despite the Parliament having risen for the winter recess, and probably for the last time before a Federal election, it will nonetheless be difficult to keep politics out...
Financial planning
The regulator permanently bans a planner and insurance broker in separate actions....
Financial planning
While bank-owned dealer groups aggressively increased their adviser numbers in the last few years, non-aligned financial planning businesses have had to put serious brake...
Financial planning
FPA states that professional status requires association membership....
Financial planning
ASIC takes the unusual step of using the weekend to announce a new focus on analyst briefings....
Funds management
ASIC warns banks about potentially misleading term deposit advertising....
Rate the raters
Between financial planners and fund managers stand research houses vetting products as they come to market, often to the chagrin of fund managers who have come to rely on...
Rate the raters
Last year saw one of the major investment research houses, Standard & Poor’s (S&P), exit the Australian market. ...
Financial planning
Adviser cops life ban for insurance applications in names of non-existent people ...
Financial planning
FPA will reconsider aspects of enshrinement if it fails to become law...
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...