AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES

Financial planning

The major planning organisations are already gearing up to meet with the new Abbott Government ministers....

Accounting

ASIC data reveals the accountants’ limited licensing regime is already gaining traction....

Financial planning

Paul Derham draws on extensive recent research to provides tips to help financial planners sail through their next licensee compliance audit. ...

Superannuation

ASFA calls for sole purpose test to be strictly applied to SMSFs in light of property spruikers. ...

Financial planning

The new Abbott Cabinet adopts a less specific approach to handling of the Financial Services portfolio....

Funds management

Australian hedge funds have been given a clean bill of health by ASIC largely because most investors are institutional....

Superannuation

Concerns raised by ASIC about the aggressive marketing of geared property investments are shared by the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia, according to Jordan ...

People & Products

ANZ Wealth has created a new executive role which reports to ANZ Global Wealth chief Joyce Phillips....

Financial planning

Regulator concerned about adequacy of trader's market risk management systems ...

Financial planning

A technical issue which prompted AFS Group not to establish a trust account via which it could remunerate authorised representatives has ended up denying those planners t...

Financial planning

Saxo Capital Markets has called on all AFSL holders to implement tougher transparency measures....

Superannuation

The growth of the self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) sector could be damaged by the failure of fund members to properly manage the funds and their holdings, accordi...

Financial planning

ASIC is proposing to step away from approving training courses for financial advisers, leaving it to education providers to self-assess their own courses....

Financial planning

Outgoing AMP chief Craig Dunn announced the company is planning to cut $200 million in recurring costs over the next three years....

Financial planning

Synchron’s John Prossor claims a repeat of the AFS brokerage losses can be avoided by paying advisers without delay....

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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 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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