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Financial planning

ASIC Commissioner Danielle Press confirmed the regulator has been in touch with Treasury on how differing ‘reasonable minds’ could agree on a common ground in Levy’s reco...

Funds management

Greenwashing, predatory lending and misleading insurance are all on ASIC’s enforcement radar for 2023. ...

Financial planning

ASIC has published its Indigenous Financial Services Framework to support positive financial outcomes for First Nations people following a period of consultation. ...

Financial planning

Data from the QOA’s adviser survey, used to inform the review, has revealed a snapshot of Australia’s adviser landscape, their views and the shape of their businesses. ...

Financial planning

In a move likely to be welcomed by advisers, Michelle Levy has stayed the course to do away with Statement of Advice requirements....

Financial planning

Wealth Data has revealed a “disappointing” double-digit loss in advisers to start February after a positive January....

Policy & Regulation

Crypto asset service providers will be the target of a new triple-pronged Government reform agenda....

Financial planning

A former Perth financial adviser has been sentenced for making unauthorised client transactions and engaging in dishonest conduct....

SMSF

The corporate regulator has taken action against hundreds of self-managed super fund auditors after they reportedly failed to meet compliance standards over several years...

Financial planning

There were over 350 new entrants who came on board during 2022, according to Wealth Data, as the industry seeks to grow to counter the adviser exodus. ...

Financial planning

A Gold Coast director who leased an automated foreign exchange trading robot has been banned from providing financial services for four years. ...

People & Products

Catriona Lowe has joined the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission as deputy chair, taking over from Delia Rickard....

SMSF

A former Melbourne financial planner has pleaded guilty to three counts of engaging in dishonest conduct regarding SMSFs while running a financial services business. ...

People & Products

The corporate regulator has confirmed the looming departure of a commissioner, set to join global investment management company Vanguard....

Financial planning

A former Adelaide financial adviser has been sentenced for two counts of falsifying company books, having previously been charged last June. ...

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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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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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