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Financial planning

ASIC will release a new guide covering the role of research and ratings houses later this year....

Financial planning

ASIC's regulatory framework around financial planner education is changing, which means many planners will have to pull their socks up and hit the books. Chris Kennedy re...

Financial planning

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has affirmed ASIC's decision to ban former Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser Don Nguyen from providing financial services for se...

Financial planning

One year after ASIC launched its MoneySmart website, budget and retirement planning applications have proved to be the most popular consumer tools for the website's users...

Financial planning

Financial services educators are aiming to be prepared for whatever changes may arise from the ASIC's CP153 consultation paper into education standards, even though no ne...

Financial planning

With corporate insolvencies on the rise, there are a number of due diligence processes that Australian business owners can take to mitigate the risk of being left with un...

Editorial

Concerns ASIC and APRA were becoming increasingly politicised were brought to a head during the hearings into the FOFA reforms....

Editorial

Ever since the first impact of the global financial crisis, both international and domestic regulators have been announcing changes to hedge funds, which would aim at imp...

Financial planning

Platform providers might be required to disclose their selection criteria for financial products included on their investment menu....

Financial planning

ASIC opts not to pursue action against Reserve Bank companies after receiving AFP report....

Financial planning

ASIC has banned a former Stonebridge Securities Limited broker from providing financial services for three years....

Financial planning

Ahead of the introduction of the Federal Government's carbon pricing regime, ASIC has released a regulatory guide outlining new licensing requirements for businesses prov...

Financial planning

The former directors of Australian Capital Reserve have been sentenced to separate terms of imprisonment by the NSW District Court following an investigation by ASIC....

Editorial

Challenger’s Aaron Minney provides his comparison of annuities and direct fixed income in a response to an article recently published in Money Management and authored by ...

Funds management

Proposed fund disclosure requirements for hedge funds have industry support, but experts say that the guidelines should extend to all complex investment schemes and that ...

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