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When examining mergers, regulators need to shift their approach from a focus on competition concerns to a consideration of the likely benefits, according to the Finance S...

Financial planning

ASIC has disqualified the former director of Concentric Financial Planning, Mark Travis Goldenberg, from managing corporations for five years....

Financial planning

So called 'unaligned' boutique advisory groups claiming the high ground on independence is a furphy that ignores not only the facts but also places serious risk on invest...

Financial planning

The former secretary of failed investment firm Chartwell Enterprises, Ian Rau, has pleaded guilty in the Victorian Supreme Court to eight further charges brought by ASIC....

Financial planning

Stephen Hart and Bill Keogh explain how an anomaly in the term deposit market means investors can increase returns while reducing risk....

Financial planning

Non-institutionally aligned advisers argue a move away from commissions is being challenged by the increasing institutional ownership of advice channels....

Financial planning

Midwinter Financial Services has released new product replacement software in anticipation of a change from the current 'reasonable basis' test for advice to the implemen...

Financial planning

The director of Victorian-based company Ascension Financial Strategies, Charles Grummisch, has been banned from providing financial services for 10 years by ASIC....

People & Products

Former IAG managing director Michael Hawker resurfaces in Australia on Macquarie Bank board....

Financial planning

ASIC has decided to discontinue action against one Queensland man on Westpoint-related charges but will continue action against another....

Financial planning

AMP Horizons is looking to attract more women through a networking and information session aimed at those keen to enter the profession or start up their own practice....

Financial planning

Fleetwood Advisory Group director Steven Fleetwood has been banned from providing financial services for five years by ASIC following an investigation into his profession...

Superannuation

SMSFs appear to have heeded the ATO's warnings about compliance, but personal loans to SMSF members have become a concern in troubled economic times....

Financial planning

The Federal Court has issued consent orders that Refund Home Loans and its director, Wayne Ormond, made false and misleading statements to franchisees, according to the A...

Financial planning

Risk management is often viewed as something of a thankless task. Sonnie Bailey discusses the best way to sell the concept to clients....

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