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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...

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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...

Financial planning

The financial services industry has improved its practice in relation to the automatic rollover of term deposits, the regulator has found....

Financial planning

BT Financial Group will refund some of its BT Wrap and BT SuperWrap customers after it was discovered they had been paying adviser fees above that of disclosed percentage...

Financial planning

ASIC doubles NTA levels for custodians and IDPS providers ...

Financial planning

The Federal Court has given ASIC the green light to pursue Storm founders in court over the failure of the dealer group. ...

Life/Risk

Suncorp reports itself to ASIC and accepts life and general insurance compliance upgrade. ...

Financial planning

As we edge closer to 1 July 2013, Fiona Mackenzie encourages practices to look at how fit for FOFA they are and what they can do to become FOFA-ready....

Life/Risk

Choosi’s parent company Hollard Financial Services has agreed to change the way it promotes funeral insurance under the Real Insurance brand, as a result of concerns rais...

Superannuation

ASIC may have to explain to a Parliamentary Committee why, when its resources are stretched, it has expended effort reviewing the operations of an independent statutory b...

Financial planning

ASIC seeks industry input on a shift to higher knowledge and skills levels for planners. ...

Financial planning

ASIC points to conflicted, commission-driven culture at Commonwealth Financial Planning five years ago....

Financial planning

The Senate Committee reviewing ASIC will be looking well beyond the issues of the 2011 Commonwealth Financial Planning enforceable undertaking. ...

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

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

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

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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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....

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