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An Investment Trends survey conducted two months before FOFA came into effect revealed only 23 per cent of financial planners felt ready....

Financial planning

ASIC will continue its crackdown on the mis-selling of hybrid securities. ...

Financial planning

Credit Union Australia (CUA) has agreed to maintain interest rate discounts for eligible home loan customers after concerns were raised about misleading advertisements. ...

Financial planning

ASIC is proposing to step away from approving training courses for financial advisers, leaving it to education providers to self-assess their own courses....

Financial planning

Former Lionsgate representative permanently banned....

Financial planning

Synchron’s John Prossor claims a repeat of the AFS brokerage losses can be avoided by paying advisers without delay....

Funds management

BOQ hit by $34.5 million in refunds to 4 per cent of its customer base....

Life/Risk

Life insurance companies and other institutions will receive a 12-month transition period on implementing APRA’s risk management requirements, the regulator has announced...

Funds management

A former director of Trio who says he departed his role long before the collapse and after citing governance issues has strongly criticised APRA....

Financial planning

ISN chief David Whiteley has urged the next elected government to give FOFA a chance before abandoning it completely. ...

Financial planning

APRA has commenced proceedings in the Australian Federal Court seeking the disqualification of former Trio Capital director David Millhouse....

Financial planning

AFA calls for clarity after Court rules brokerage account not reserved for advisers....

Superannuation

New research claims industry funds are unlikely to regain their competitive advantage and warns the default fund regime will not benefit employers....

Financial planning

Regulator releases new rules but states concerns not as serious as first claimed. ...

Financial planning

The Federal Court has deemed unfair the $82.5 million settlement between Storm Financial investors and Macquarie Bank. ...

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