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Editorial
Will the policy tide turn against commissions? Michael Mathieson considers the future prospects for remuneration in the industry....
Financial planning
The former financial controller and director of the Westpoint Group, Graeme Rundle, has been charged under the NSW Crimes Act....
Editorial
The recent global financial crisis has thrown a great deal of attention back on the issue of risk management for businesses big and small. One of the key questions being ...
Editorial
There may be nothing illegal about the direct marketing tactics being employed by some financial services companies, but when the regulator starts dealing with the conseq...
Financial planning
New draft short-selling regulations represent a "sensible and workable" outcome: IFSA....
Life/Risk
ASIC has acted to tighten up on the direct marketing of insurance products, warning a marketing services company that its telephone sales risked misleading consumers....
Financial planning
Australia Post is running a 'lifestyle survey' that canvasses consumers' use of investment products, including margin loans and reverse mortgages, and then provides leads...
Financial planning
The founders of collapsed advisory group Storm Financial are expected to give evidence today in a hearing in the Federal Court in Brisbane....
Editorial
PIS took a reputational hit when ASIC announced it had reached a settlement on matters relating to a class action tied to the collapse of Westpoint....
Editorial
One cannot help but ask whether the proposed changes to the margin-lending landscape are being rushed through, writes David MacLeod....
Financial planning
ASIC has refined the arrangements around naked short selling....
Financial planning
South Australia dealer group Financial Planning & Life has gone into voluntary liquidation, partly as a result of a fraud perpetrated by one of its authorised representat...
Financial planning
A single national financial planning disciplinary committee should be established to replace the disparate committees of the industry associations, according to Anthony V...
Financial planning
ASIC pursues action against Pacific Blue Securities and obtains freezing orders....
Financial planning
ASIC executes search warrants to seize the property, books and records of RG Munro Futures Pty Ltd (RG Munro in liquidation) and Starport Futures Trading Corporation (Sta...
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...