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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 ...

Financial planning

ASIC has accepted an EU from CBA as a result of a message sent to customers implying they needed to consent to credit card limit increase invitations or risk not being ab...

Superannuation

Freya Purnell takes a closer look at what life after Stronger Super might bring to the superannuation sector....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the failure of the industry’s critics to distinguish between the failure of product and the failure of advice is continuing to tarnish the reputat...

Financial planning

A former Guardian Financial Planning adviser has been permanently banned from providing financial services after it was found she falsified 65 insurance policies to colle...

Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned a former financial adviser and company director after an investigation revealed he transferred more than $200,000 from client accounts for his...

People & Products

Multiport has appointed Russell Scott as its head of sales and service development....

Editorial

According to APRA, ASIC will ultimately be responsible for acting on any breaches around advertising such as the Industry Super Network’s 'compare the pair' campaign....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 3 weeks ago

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

5 months 4 weeks ago

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

8 months ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

2 weeks 5 days ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

3 weeks 3 days ago

The Federal Court has made interim travel restraint orders against two Falcon Capital directors, while also freezing one director’s assets....

3 weeks 4 days ago