DOVER
Financial planning
Licensees that have a cheap licencing offering are likely to be committing regulatory arbitrage which potentially puts advisers and consumers at risk, according to CountP...
Financial planning
Dover Financial Advisers have been ordered to pay a $1.2 million penalty for engaging in false or misleading conduct, while Terry McMaster will also be required to pay $2...
Financial planning
Bimaljeet Sekhon and Alan Davies have received three-year bans, while former Millennium3 authorised representative, Christopher Harris has been banned by the corporate re...
Policy & Regulation
The director of now closed Dover Financial Planning, Terry McMaster, has written a series of articles defending his position and questioning the motivations and approach ...
Financial planning
The regulator has commenced civil action in the Federal Court against Dover Financial Advisers and its sole director, Terry McMaster....
Financial planning
Letters sent to the clients of some Dover advisers reveal that 7 July looms as the day they lose platform access unless they have found a new licensee....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has removed any lingering doubts about the future of Dover financial and its principal, Terry McMaster, but has left ...
Financial planning
New analysis from Adviser Ratings has confirmed that more than 40 per cent of Dover advisers were recruited from the major bank licensees, AMP or IOOF....
Financial planning
Financial planning industry leaders and the regulator have an obligation to set aside their self-interest and help the more than 400 advisers caught up in the closure of ...
Editorial
The unprecedented nature of the closure of the Dover Financial Services business and resultant limbo status of its clients and advisers must act as a catalyst for change ...
Outsider
Great, indeed, is the man who writes his own history....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission was left with little discretion around the future of Dover Financial Services with the licensee exercising its right ...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has issued a warning to licensees on the need to undertake appropriate due diligence when appointing advisers “who ha...
Financial planning
Dover Financial Planning principal, Terry McMaster collapsed in the Royal Commission witness box after prolonged questioning about his firm’s “Client Protection Policy” a...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...