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Financial planning

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft defends ASIC’s record, claiming the media misunderstands the regulator’s relationship with the AFP....

Financial planning

Existing levels of adviser education should be considered a pathway to degree level qualification....

Financial planning

Planners remain immobile as they await Treasury clarity on grandfathering. ...

Funds management

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has changed the definition of ‘hedge fund’ in a bid to tighten disclosure requirements for higher-risk schemes...

Funds management

ASIC confirms GTL TradeUp has entered liquidation....

Financial planning

Perth-based Chambers Investment Partners has had its Australian financial services licence cancelled after the company failed to obtain professional indemnity insurance a...

Superannuation

Super funds warn that customer due diligence will unreasonably tie up resources....

Financial planning

FPA to make submission around transparency and consistency of dispute resolution scheme....

Financial planning

ASIC claims to have been misinterpreted and that it will now consider matters relating to the RBA/Iraq bribery allegations....

Life/Risk

Licensees using PI insurance to stop free movement of advisers to competitors....

Accounting

A Queensland accountant who helped his clients avoid paying more than a million dollars in tax has been sentenced to six years in prison. ...

Financial planning

ASX chairman Rick Holliday-Smith has congratulated the two ASX board members who stood down last week....

Financial planning

Lawyers target planners as ASIC says PI is a risk management tool rather than a consumer protection mechanism....

Editorial

Milana Pokrajac takes a look at the troubled dealer group WealthSure, its history and its plan to change what the regulator deemed a bad compliance culture. ...

Financial planning

ASIC announces EU for Spring Financial Group ahead of Federal Court proceedings against an AR....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 1 week ago

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

5 months 2 weeks ago

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

7 months 2 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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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...

3 weeks ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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