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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. ...

Financial planning

ASIC has clarified why the cost of sitting the financial adviser exam has increased by more than 50% this year to $1,500....

Financial planning

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has upheld a decision by ASIC to cancel the Australian financial services licence of Olive Financial Markets....

Financial planning

Enrolments for the first financial adviser exam of 2023 open today with licensees applying for a new adviser urged to act quickly....

Funds management

The order for Vasco’s Pivotal Diversified Fund stemmed from concerns regarding the deficiencies in the target market determination of the fund. ...

Financial planning

Licensees will need to ensure their advisers’ Financial Adviser Register record states if they can provide tax (financial) advice by 1 February, 2023. ...

Policy & Regulation

Multiple permanent bans to advisers were handed out by the corporate regulator in the last year....

Financial planning

In a year of bannings, regulatory legislation and financial services reviews, Money Management collates the top 10 stories this year....

Financial planning

As the year winds up, Money Management looks at the financial advisers that faced charges by the corporate regulator in the second half of 2022. ...

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

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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 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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