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Financial planning

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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4 months 3 weeks ago

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

4 months 4 weeks ago

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

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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