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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned a former Melbourne financial adviser from acting as a financial services representative for four years, af...

Financial planning

Investor Group has announced its share issue plans as part consideration for two accounting practices it agreed in principle to acquire in February this year....

Financial planning

Financial planning software provider Xplan Technology will integrate the risk profiling system of FinaMetrica (formerly ProQuest) after the two groups signed a deal to me...

Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a third former AM Corporation director in light of its investigation in...

Financial planning

Former executive director of Harts Australasia, Maxwell John Sweetman, has faced insider trading charges levelled against him by the Australian Securities and Investments...

Financial planning

National Australia Financial Planning Business (NAFPB) is to focus on providing workplace financial advice to clients following its incorporation of MLC Private Client Se...

Financial planning

The Australian Labor Party has signalled it will be moving amendments to the Corporations Act specifically aimed at ensuring publicly-listed companies cannot use sharehol...

Financial planning

Four men embroiled in the failed Wattle Group investment scheme through their association with sourcing agent Australasian Management Consultants (AMC) were sentenced yes...

Financial planning

AMP Financial Planning is attempting to restore some of the recent loss of confidence in financial planners through the launch of its Client Charter - a feedback and expe...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Martin James Donohue from acting as a representative of a securities dealer or investme...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) officially launched its new professional designations yesterday at the AFA National Conference in Queensland....

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The former chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Alan Cameron has been appointed to head up a Federal Government review of the Insurance Contr...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a new Class Order on reporting requirements for individuals holding Australian Financial Services (...

Financial planning

Tower Australia has been through the mill lately but claims it has refocused its vision and returned to its roots....

Financial planning

David Knott, chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has announced that he will step down from his position at the end of 2003, two years...

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