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SMSFs may be booming - but the unwary can also find themselves within the sights of a small number of dodgy property advisers and mortgage brokers, writes Damon Taylor. ...
Superannuation
ASIC is urging SMSF auditors to apply for registration before the end of the month. ...
Superannuation
SPAA has cautioned against any over-reaction following the release of the ASIC report into professional advice in the self-managed super fund sector....
Superannuation
The Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) has welcomed the findings of the regulator’s SMSF Taskforce, but says trustees still require specialised propert...
Financial planning
A former self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) adviser has been found guilty at Downing Centre Local Court after pleading guilty to one count of lodging a false stateme...
Editorial
Mike Taylor explains the writing was on the wall long before the announcement of a number of practices leaving the AFS Group....
Editorial
Market conditions are driving a renewed interest in alternative investments, but a number of practical limitations may be limiting allocations in the retail space. Bela M...
Financial planning
PIS CEO Pete Walther is stepping down after 18 months with the company....
Financial planning
Financial advisers have been listed as the dominant distributors of retail structured products in Australia by research undertaken by IOSCO. ...
ASIC’s SMSF Taskforce has reviewed 100 investor files relating to the establishment of SMSFs in an effort to improve the quality of advice given to investors, it said. ...
Financial planning
The recent flurry of opinions around making financial planners accountable to the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) only continues to fuel more flawed arguments that are not ...
Financial planning
ASIC has banned a Sydney-based mortgage broker from engaging in credit activities for five years and cancelled his Australian credit licence....
Superannuation
The mortgage broking industry appears to have created a more aggressive push into the ever-expanding SMSF segment. ...
Financial planning
The Government’s failure to adequately respond to industry representations concerning the reverse mortgage sector has continued to affect supply in the sector, according ...
Financial planning
With ASIC delaying its work on a financial planner training framework, progress on raising the bar on education seems to be stuck in limbo, writes Tim Stewart....
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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 ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...