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Financial planning

With the first financial adviser exam of the year under the new structure held on 26 March, candidates have described it “tough” despite changes – meaning questions are m...

Financial planning

Former Sydney financial adviser, David Valvo, has been charged in court with 12 counts of dishonest conduct....

Funds management

The Federal Court has issued its verdict in ASIC's first greenwashing case against Vanguard Investments Australia regarding the use of ESG exclusionary screens....

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of a Sydney advice firm with the business having lost more than 30 advisers since the start of 2024, accordin...

Funds management

A former corporate adviser has been sentenced in the Supreme Court of Western Australia for insider trading to realise a profit of more than $57,000....

Financial planning

ASIC has reminded advisers that their registration requirements are an ongoing obligation, having met the first deadline on 16 February, and highlighted when a registrati...

Funds management

The corporate regulator has handed down a permanent ban to the director of a crypto fund, whom it deemed to lack “integrity, trustworthiness and judgement”....

Financial planning

The corporate regulator has permanently banned a Queensland-based adviser from providing any financial services. ...

Funds management

A third individual, David Sipina, charged in relation to Courtenay House group of companies, has pled guilty to two criminal charges regarding his involvement in a $180 m...

Financial planning

Five years after the firm went into liquidation, ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of troubled investment firm Endeavour....

Funds management

Over three-quarters of consumers say they would be more likely to invest in products that were verified by an independent source as being responsible, with greenwashing f...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC now has a 1:1 ratio when it comes to court success in the enforcement of crypto activities and more action is expected as Treasury seeks to introduce a regulatory fr...

Financial planning

ASIC has issued its first update since the completion of the internal dispute resolution reporting deadline, sharing the percentage of first-time reports that were submit...

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of Sydney-based wealth manager, the third Sydney firm to face this action since the start of the year. ...

Financial planning

There have been 16 outcomes issued by the Financial Services and Credit Panel since its launch in 2023, which issues or breaches are frequently occurring?...

 

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Ralph

How did the licensee not check this - they should be held to task over it. Obviously they are not making sure their sta...

3 hours 34 minutes ago
JOHN GILLIES

Faking exams and falsifying results..... Too stupid to comment on JG...

4 hours 1 minute ago
PETER JOHNSTON- AIOFP

Must agree to disagree with you on this one Keith, with the Banks/Institutions largely out of advice now is the time to ...

4 hours 43 minutes ago

AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

9 months 2 weeks ago

A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

9 months 1 week ago

The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

9 months 3 weeks ago