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A number of companies connected with an unregistered management investment product are now the subject of Federal Court restraining orders following legal action by the A...
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The Financial Planning Association has confirmed that it is investigating six complaints about its members in relation to the failed Westpoint group....
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Liquidators have been appointed to wind up Westpoint Corporation following an application by ASIC to have the company shutdown on grounds of insolvency....
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Leading financial services industry figures involved in discussions regarding disclosure at the ASIC Summer School have agreed disclosure practices must be plainer and ea...
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The corporate regulator remains enthusiastic about creating additional model Statements of Advice (SOAs), despite only a “mutedly positive” response to the initiative fro...
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Advisers and consumers will soon have greater access to information about reverse mortgages as Sequal prepares equity release education standards for advisers, and ASIC l...
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Managed investment scheme promoters who exploit the tax system will be open to civil penalties in the Federal Court if a new bill is passed....
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ASIC has reiterated its intention to scrutinise the role of financial advisers in Westpoint’s failed mezzanine property lending products after the Federal opposition leve...
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The Australasian Consumer Taskforce, comprising 18 agencies across Australia and New Zealand, has launched a four-week campaign to help consumers avoid losing money as a ...
Financial planning
Law firm Slater and Gordon has confirmed that it will launch its class action against financial planners whose clients were exposed to failed Westpoint investments as soo...
Financial planning
Investigations by ASIC have resulted in charges being laid against the operators of a Queensland-based scheme that offered investors a 200 per cent return on their invest...
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