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Financial planning

The Federal Court will decide whether Wellington Capital's decision to distribute shares, rather than cash, to unit holders in Premium Income Fund was legal....

Editorial

There has been a tendency to forget about the ACCC ever since the regulation of consumer protection in the financial services industry moved to ASIC in 2001. But as Grant...

Editorial

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has outlined the draft ground rules on conflicted remuneration and, as Mike Taylor writes, there are inevitable impac...

Financial planning

Madison Financial Group is rolling out a compliance framework that uses estate planning as a context for the best interests duty....

Financial planning

Complex retail products will come under the ASIC's scrutiny due to poor market returns and growth in the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector....

Editorial

While FOFA and a number of other factors have seen many planners moving under the umbrellas of the major banks and institutions, the independent financial advice sector i...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released information to the public in relation to its approach to handling tip-offs, complaints, informati...

Financial planning

The Federal Opposition has questioned ASIC over its failed move against Fortescue Metals....

Financial planning

Financial planning groups will lose the presumption of innocence where volume rebates are concerned....

Financial planning

Credit Suisse's Australian equities arm has paid a $52,000 penalty to ASIC after a glitch in its automatic order processing system was found to have breached "the efficie...

Financial planning

A review of ASIC's GFC short-selling ban has identified the benefits and the costs - and the fact the regulator would likely do it again....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned two former planners for three years and six years, respectively....

Financial planning

The recently announced industry standard for defining a hedge fund presents a catch-all concern to unaware fund managers....

Financial planning

Commonwealth Securities (CommSec) has been forced to pay $50,000 to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) as penalty for its involvement in a mislea...

Funds management

The recently announced industry standard for defining a hedge fund presents a catch-all concern to unaware fund managers....

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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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