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The Financial Services Council (FSC) is set to seek class order relief from provisions in the Trade Practices Act in order to implement its anti-churning policy, accordin...

Financial planning

A Sydney director has been banned for three years after an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation found he was unfit to engage in credit ac...

Financial planning

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has warned investors of the ramifications of not conducting due diligence on IP ownership claims....

Financial planning

Many financial advisers are talking the talk when it comes to estate planning, but will they walk the walk? Tim Stewart reports that estate planning needs to be more than...

Financial planning

Planners need to be careful in how they treat a client's informal partner in their own advice records, according to York Family Law director Nabil Wahhab. ...

Financial planning

Some of ASIC's proposed legal obligations for a custodian are unworkable, according King & Wood Mallesons director Damien Richard. ...

Life/Risk

A Victorian insurance broker has pleaded guilty to stealing over $660,000 of clients’ money over a seven-month period....

Superannuation

AMP SMSF's Philip LaGreca examines the pros and cons of using either corporate or individual SMSF trustees....

Financial planning

AMP has made a new iPad app available to its Financial Advice Network advisers....

Accounting

The implementation of the 'limited licence’ regime is likely to result in more accountants becoming fully licensed to provide financial advice, according to JNP Capital d...

Financial planning

In what represents a new push into the SMSF market, specialist company The GoldCompany has launched a new product it claims is Australia’s only gold and silver savings ac...

Financial planning

Engaging with clients is one thing, but financial planners need to engage with and understand their referral partners if they want to grow their businesses....

Financial planning

The financial planning industry has welcomed ASIC's guidance on fee disclosure, though some argue it should have applied only to new clients....

Financial planning

The director of collapsed Brisbane-based Wickham Securities, Bradley Sherwin, has appointed PPB Advisory as voluntary administrator....

Financial planning

Finance and investment administration provider Wealthtrac has launched a back-office administration service for boutique advisory firms....

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