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Financial planning

Storm investors who will receive the $82.5 million settlement from Macquarie Bank will have to acknowledge that the bank did nothing wrong....

Financial planning

New research reveals high degree of indecision on codes of conduct and opt-in....

Editorial

The last year has not been kind to the Australian margin lending market, with further declines in the number of active investors. But a potential rally in the equities ma...

Financial planning

Addwealth Financial Services has had its licence cancelled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

Financial planning

A lack of regulation around property investment in Australia, particularly in regards to SMSFs, is jeopardising the retirement savings of millions, according to PIPA....

Financial planning

A Victorian man has received a 12-month suspended sentence after being found guilty of four insider trading charges....

Financial planning

Financial advisers practising within managed discretionary account (MDA) arrangements may seek the stability of a larger, more established MDA operator in order to meet A...

Life/Risk

Synchron’s Don Trapnell calls for proof to justify ASIC’s concern on churn....

Financial planning

ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell suggests embracing the purpose of FOFA is necessary for planning to become a profession....

Life/Risk

There have been too many bad practices with respect to churn for the regulator to abandon this issue, according to ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell....

Life/Risk

John Brogden said the industry’s failure to self-regulate on churn carries the risk of regulator action....

Policy & Regulation

Some measures within ASIC’s guidance on conflicted remuneration appear to be excessive, according to Tria Investment Partners managing director Andrew Baker....

Policy & Regulation

Following ASIC’s introduction of new credit reforms, an operator and its director have been banned from conducting any credit business....

Superannuation

Mike Taylor writes that recent actions on the part of both ASIC and APRA suggest that the SMSF sector has become too large for any of the regulators to ignore....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that recent actions on the part of both ASIC and APRA suggest that the SMSF sector has become too large for any of the regulators to ignore....

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