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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reaffirmed its ongoing crusade against schemes illegally promoting the early release of superannuation by announc...
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The Australian Stock Exchange has been given a clean bill of health by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in its latest annual assessment of the ...
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Financial planners and other financial services providers who sell products over the phone or in other ‘time critical’ situations have had their compliance burden reduced...
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has accepted an enforceable undertaking from Mellon Nominees over allegedly misleading and deceptive statements relat...
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has vowed to continue its crackdown on dishonest financial planners after a Melbourne adviser was sentenced to two-ye...
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reached an accord with its counterpart in Japan - the Financial Services Agency - to raise the level of co-operat...
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The Australian Democrats have moved quickly to outline elements of their superannuation policy ahead of next month’s Federal election by announcing a five point plan whic...
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has shut down another illegal early super release scheme with the scheme’s operators surrendering their passports pen...
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Former Saxby Bridge managing director Jeffrey Braysich along with Perth Businessman Dean Scook have been committed to stand trial on 300 market manipulation charges in th...
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A recent court ruling has put the industry on notice that clients can be compensated for a lot more than money directly lost as a result of inappropriate advice, says Pau...
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AMP director of advice-based distribution Steve Helmich will stand down as Financial Planning Association chairman, making way for chair-elect Kathryn Greiner - the first...
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The Australian and New Zealand governments have commissioned a new study to determine relevant issues of competition and consumer protection as part of their ongoing plan...
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Advisers are looking for simple software, but their needs are often more sophisticated, writes John Wilkinson....
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Just when you think you understand how to comply with the terms of your Australian Financial Services Licence, Batch 8 dollar disclosure arrives, writes Paula Zammit....
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Australian asset management firms have won a temporary reprieve from the requirement of having to disclose the level of remuneration paid to their directors and executive...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...