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Policy & Regulation
External law firms have been brought in as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission looks to wrap up referrals from the Royal Commission....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission had staff on-site at the major banks and AMP for 216 days during October 2018 and December 2019....
Policy & Regulation
NSW-based Michael Ming Jinn Ho, a former investment analyst, has pleaded guilty to insider trading in securities of Big Un Limited....
SMSF
William Houwing (known as Jack Houwing) failed to act in the best interests of his self-managed superannuation fund clients by recommending they lend money to his related...
SMSF
George Nowak has pleaded guilty after investigations found he had misappropriated $1.2 million in self-managed superannuation fund monies. ...
Financial planning
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics may be in force but no authority is in place to oversee its enforcement and the Australian Securities ...
Financial planning
Anthony Dick has been charged after using clients’ savings to fund his own personal lifestyle expenses....
Superannuation
The corporate watchdog has moved to disqualify, suspend, and add conditions on six self-managed superannuation fund auditors....
Superannuation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority have welcomed the proposed reforms aimed at increasing the role of...
Funds management
Warren Acworth has been banned from providing financial services for engaging in misleading conduct relating to a financial product....
Financial planning
Former financial adviser, Daniel McSweeny, has been found unfit to stand trial for dishonest use of his position as a director....
Superannuation
Superannuation funds have been identified as having fallen short in the manner in which they communicated the implications of the Government’s Protecting Your Superannuat...
Tech
Fintechs will now have a regulatory sandbox that will allow them to test new products and services for 24 months without obtaining a financial services or credit licence....
Financial planning
Superannuation funds have identified the manner which Government policy changes and increased regulation is pushing the cost of advice beyond the means of many low-income...
Financial planning
Former director of Spectrum Wealth Advisers, Mark Schroeder, has been banned from providing financial services for six years following numerous compliance failures....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...