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Policy & Regulation

The FPA has urged the calling of a national summit to resolve the issues raised in the 61 recommendations of the Senate Committee report....

Financial planning

A number of CBA planners have declared their anger at comments made by the FPA chairman, Matthew Rowe....

People & Products

Frontier Advisors chairman Geoff Ashton has stepped down as both chairman and independent director after seven years on the board....

Editorial

The financial planning industry suffered substantial collateral damage as a result of the collapse of Storm Financial but, as Mike Taylor reports, last week’s Senate Comm...

Policy & Regulation

Australia has developed a regulatory protection regime for investors which is inferior, according to Paul Resnik. ...

Financial planning

Dealer groups and consumers must do their part to surveil the financial advice profession, with ASIC’s resources allowing it limited reign over the “high risk” industry, ...

Financial planning

ASIC says a royal commission into its handling of Commonwealth Financial Planning (CommFP) scandal would divert resources from other investigations it's currently pursuin...

Financial planning

The future of the Seante Committee report into the performance of ASIC resides with the Government which is already signalling a cautious approach....

Financial planning

ASIC has signalled its oversight of enforceable undertakings is likely to be more rigorous....

Financial planning

The body representing small and medium enterprises has formed an alliance with Taxpayers Australia, at the same time expressing disappointment at the government for faili...

Financial planning

The Senate Committee reviewing the performance of ASIC has recommended a royal commission into the Commonwealth Financial Planning debacle....

Financial planning

The Senate Committee reviewing the operations of ASIC is expected to table its final report today....

Financial planning

CommFP counters claims by ASIC that it was not informed of key elements of client compensation arrangements...

People & Products

David Neal has been appointed managing director of the Future Fund....

Financial planning

Thorn Group chairman, David Carter steps down to be replaced by Jocelyn Morton. ...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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. ...

3 weeks 3 days ago

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...

6 days 19 hours ago

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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