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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. ...

Policy & Regulation

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has set aside a decision by ASIC to ban Paul Ernest Dortkamp, a former director, chairman, and responsible manager of Spaceship Capit...

Funds management

Andrew Jung-Woo Kim has been permanently banned from providing financial services for engaging in dishonest conduct....

Funds management

From infringement notices to interim stop orders, Money Management reviews the biggest companies that were put under the microscope by the corporate regulator....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC has increased the number of staff dedicated to cryptocurrency, despite it being unregulated, as high-profile collapses like FTX highlight the dangers of the asset cl...

Funds management

A finfluencer who offered seminars in share trading has been found by the Federal Court to have contravened the Corporations Act by providing financial product advice wit...

Funds management

Criminal proceedings against CBA regarding sales of consumer credit insurance have been dismissed by the Federal Court due to a statute bar....

Policy & Regulation

Minister for financial services, Stephen Jones, has welcomed new regulation to support access to justice for class action plaintiffs including those affected by managed i...

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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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