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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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Financial planning

The regulator has commenced civil action in the Federal Court against Dover Financial Advisers and its sole director, Terry McMaster....

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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....

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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 ...

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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....

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Outsider

Great, indeed, is the man who writes his own history....

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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 ...

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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...

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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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