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Financial planning

The Financial Ombudsman Service wants ASIC to be empowered to better track the movement of planners between groups....

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has named the corporate regulator, along with itself and Storm Financial, as one of the key stakeholders involved in the circumstances ...

Financial planning

The chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has hinted that the basis for the Corporations Act and ASIC's role may be re-examined....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's proposed consumer education campaign 'Swimming Between the Flags' could leave it open to prosecution, according to ...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has responded to a decision by Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) not to use its Continuing Education assess...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is in consultation with Timbercorp scheme growers pushing for the appointment of a responsible entity to 14 sc...

Financial planning

Some researchers have expressed concern over a request from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that planners send samples of product research used to fo...

Financial planning

Planners served notice by regulator but reports of home and office raids incorrect....

Financial planning

Balmain Trilogy has lodged a notice with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission under the Corporations Act requiring the regulator to register Trilogy as th...

Financial planning

The Bank of Queensland has issued a brief statement confirming it is the subject of an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

Financial planning

The WA Financial Services Forum has written to ASIC requesting it publish any reports from its Quality of Advice project in the 'interests of transparency'....

Financial planning

The Financial Ombudsman Service appears set to be able to accept complaints by consumers against financial advisers up to a value of $500,000 from next year....

Financial planning

ASIC is conducting a national survey of larger dealer groups, with around 30 having been contacted to submit Statements of Advice from their top five advisers....

Financial planning

Former ACT Mortgages broker sentenced following the use of false accountant letters in order to have low doc loans approved....

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