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Financial planning

The Hong Kong-based businessman named at the centre of the Astarra collapse, Jack Flader, has denied substantial involvement....

Financial planning

ASIC clarifies the rules around the use of the Internet for documentation such as SOAs and PDSs, but with caveats....

Financial planning

A joint move by ASIC and APRA to suspend Trio Capital (formerly Astarra Capital) as trustee of four superannuation funds and a pooled super trust generated significant co...

Financial planning

Customers of The Rock Building Society, which has strong ties with some financial planning companies, were overcharged more than $150,000 in unjustified fees over the pas...

Financial planning

A futures trader sentenced to six years in jail has lost an appeal against the severity of the sentence....

Editorial

Whatever ASIC says about its inaction over the collapse of Storm Financial, the FOFA reforms will not prevent history repeating itself, writes Mike Taylor....

Financial planning

ASIC may have weathered the global financial crisis, but retail investors remain less than impressed....

Financial planning

Another Chartwell director faces jail after pleading guilty to 47 charges involving $21 million....

Financial planning

Financial Education company The Hubb Organisation, which trades as Safety in the Market, has allegedly breached the law for making promotional representations about certa...

Financial planning

The details of one of Australia’s most substantial cases of investment fraud have been laid bare....

Financial planning

Astarra investment manager Shawn Richard banned from financial services for life after pleading guilty to dishonest conduct....

Financial planning

Auditor pays high price for mistakes around Allco Financial Group collapse....

Editorial

To be regarded as a serious profession, the industry must differentiate between properly qualified financial planners and those with lesser qualifications, writes Mike Ta...

Financial planning

Two former industry players sentenced after action by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

Financial planning

ASIC chairman Tony D’Aloisio defends the regulator’s actions through the global financial crisis and explains why it did not act sooner on Storm Financial....

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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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