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Features

The chair of licensee Synchron, Michael Harrison sees merit and advantages in a move towards individual adviser registration....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched a consultation on a second product intervention order to stop continuing consumer harm. ...

Funds management

Firms in need of emergency capital raising have been granted a four-month extension by the Australian Securities Exchange to 30 November, 2020, as Melbourne goes into a s...

Policy & Regulation

The penalty is a result of an infringement notice by the Markets Disciplinary Panel for on-market buy-backs of shares....

Financial planning

The firm has pleaded guilty to four counts of client money breaches, each carrying a maximum penalty of $45,000....

Financial planning

A member of a key Parliamentary Committee has queried whether financial planners are too afraid to challenge the Australian Securities and Investments Commission because ...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s most senior financial planning executives cited advice they had given to the chair of the Financial Adviser Standar...

Policy & Regulation

Steven Marsh has been banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for providing financial services for three years after making misleading representati...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission actually sought to rein in some elements of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics that ...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has permanently banned Melbourne former responsible manager, Anthony David Wynd, from providing financial services....

Editorial

Too many Governments have looked for quick fixes where financial adviser regulation is concerned and it is time for an audit and the removal of costly and unnecessary lay...

Features

The passage of an extension of time for financial advisers to comply with FASEA education requirements in the Senate was a step towards a more professional advice system,...

Features

The ETF market in Australia is unlikely to reach the heights or complexity of the US, writes Laura Dew, but industry experts believe the space is still a fast-growing and...

Financial planning

Documents obtained under Freedom of Information have confirmed that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission was closely consulted about development of the Fi...

Financial planning

The Australian Banking Association has announced two temporary changes to the Banking Code of Practice, which have been approved by the corporate regulator....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 1 week ago

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

5 months 2 weeks ago

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

7 months 2 weeks ago

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

1 week ago

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...

3 weeks 1 day ago

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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