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Financial planning

An authorised representative of Count Financial has had limitations placed on his advisory activities by the regulator after a follow-up investigation into the superannua...

Life/Risk

ASIC has permanently banned an ANZ bank representative and a former insurance broker after they were found to have misappropriated clients’ funds....

Financial planning

Two companies affiliated with the embattled Westpoint Group have been served with interim asset freezing orders by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission...

Financial planning

The corporate regulator has sought to shut down companies associated with a “financial mentor” from Brisbane....

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Financial planning

Credit providers need to be mindful of existing advertising offers before making changes to products, following recent representations by the corporate regulator over bai...

Financial planning

A former stockbroker and options adviser has pleaded guilty to 27 counts of forgery in the Adelaide District Court....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is to investigate the circumstances surrounding the enforceable undertaking provided by AMP Financial Planning to the Australian Securi...

Funds management

The former director of a funds management company has been convicted of making false and misleading statements and placed on a two-year good behaviour bond, following an ...

Financial planning

The chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Jeffrey Lucy, has reiterated that it will not be imposing its views with respect to the fee-for-serv...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has requested orders against the Intertax Group in respect of an alleged unregistered managed investment scheme....

Life/Risk

An insurance broker has been charged with 11 counts of dishonest conduct following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

Financial planning

AMP Financial Planning has given the Australian Securities and Investments Commission an enforceable undertaking relating to the provision of superannuation switching adv...

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3 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

3 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

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