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The Federal Court has issued consent orders that Refund Home Loans and its director, Wayne Ormond, made false and misleading statements to franchisees, according to the A...
Financial planning
Standardisation is not necessarily the panacea for all the superannuation industry’s administration woes and, if implemented rashly, it could leave millions of Australian...
Financial planning
The Treasury's Audit Quality in Australia review does not address vital issues that threaten to undermine the quality of auditing, says BDO....
Financial planning
ASIC is concerned at the tenor of bank advertising around term deposits, particularly where dual pricing implications arise....
Editorial
Queensland-based group Trinity is claiming it has turned a corner despite reporting a $38 million loss for the six months to the end of December....
Financial planning
Regulatory changes to the way Australia’s security market is supervised are being discussed, with ASIC releasing a consultation paper relating to proposed changes to its ...
People & Products
Three new appointments have been made to the Australian Government Financial Literacy Board....
Financial planning
Tough times have hit the bottom line, but Equity Trustees is happy with a better than expected result....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is highly unlikely to complete its promised return to shadow shopping in the financial planning industry in the curre...
People & Products
Bravura chief executive Iain Dunstan has quit the company as it reports a poor result for the six months to the end of December....
People & Products
Austock appoints Masi to succeed Boyle as chief executive....
Financial planning
ACSA chairman Bryan Gray predicts further consolidation of the financial services industry and the creation of opportunities....
Editorial
Mike Taylor looks at the ACCC's report on NAB's and AMP's bids for AXA Asia Pacific, as well as industry consolidation in general....
Financial planning
Some industry representatives have expressed concerns that the Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) is not having a real impact...
Superannuation
The chairman of the Government’s Super System Review, Jeremy Cooper, said SMSFs may be the way of the future as more people seek to take control of their retirement savin...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...