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Life/Risk

Suncorp reports itself to ASIC and accepts life and general insurance compliance upgrade. ...

Financial planning

An audit report confirms that getting a review of adverse debt relief from the ATO is possible, but only if you read the fine print....

Financial planning

An Auditor-General’s report is unlikely to dampen financial services industry grumbling about how AUSTRAC is funded....

Financial planning

FSC places $1 billion price tag on TASA implementation as PJC weighs competing submissions from accounting and planning industries....

Funds management

As part of its ongoing review of the sector, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released updated regulatory guidance for operators of registe...

Accounting

CPA and ICAA argue against any delay to TASA implementation, claiming it will generate consumer uncertainty....

Accounting

Count Financial welcomes Parliamentary progress of limited licensing arrangements for accountants....

Financial planning

FPA points to lack of regulatory information as reason for planner unpreparedness for FOFA. ...

Financial planning

The FPA has written to all members of Parliament stressing the level of unknowns impacting planners in the TASA bill....

Financial planning

Clients with mainly cash holdings not enough to sway ASIC on planner PI requirements....

Funds management

Investors give fund managers thumbs-up for costs, but look for greater disclosure at fund level. ...

Money Choice director Matthew George had his PIPA membership suspended days after the regulator banned him from the industry and cancelled his firm’s credit licence....

Financial planning

The ACCC is conducting a public review into the proposed merger between Perpetual and The Trust Company....

Financial planning

Providing unlicensed SMSF advice was one of the reasons Money Choice had its licence cancelled and its director banned by ASIC....

Financial planning

The case against Westpoint Group directors Norman Carey and Graeme Rundle has officially been dropped by the District Court of Western Australia. ...

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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....

6 days 8 hours 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...

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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