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Financial planning

Trio Capital victims signal their intention to seek an 'Act of Grace' payment from the Government based on regulators' failings....

Financial planning

There is some concern in the industry about the language used by ASIC in its consultation papers on the delivery of financial advice....

Financial planning

Anthony James and Jim Boynton explain why financial planners shouldn’t delay their FOFA implementation....

Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council has received support from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for its new framework aimed at reducing churning in life/ris...

Financial planning

ASIC is conducting a surveillance campaign to catch out unlicensed credit providers....

Rate the raters

Lonsec has once again snatched the Money Management Research House of the Year title. However, Morningstar and Mercer are catching up....

Editorial

The approach ASIC has signaled it will adopt to scaled advice and the best interests duty is a welcome development for financial planning industry....

Financial planning

Some authorised representatives of banned licensee Morrison Carr claim ASIC did not notify them as soon as the dealer group's licence was cancelled, leaving them practisi...

Financial planning

The head of TAL-owned Pivotal Financial Advisers, Maria Cheer, will be leaving the company as Craig Parker takes the role, Money Management has confirmed....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has upgraded its consumer-facing website in a move it says is designed to help Australians make informed financial decisions....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has launched a new consumer website called FPA Difference as part of Financial Planning Week, which ends this coming Sunday....

Policy & Regulation

Despite FOFA reforms now being imminent, there are several regrettable reasons many businesses are using to delay addressing the changes, according to a paper from PwC an...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned an authorised representative of WealthSure from providing financial services for five years....

Financial planning

ASIC has released a consultation paper outlining new requirements for managing conflicts of interest in relation to proof of debt schemes....

Financial planning

ASIC's recent scaled advice consultation paper does a fantastic job of clarifying how scaled advice will work in practice but leaves one significant gap, according to MyA...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week ago

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...

2 weeks ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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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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