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A list containing names of prominent scamsters has been released to consumers by the corporate watchdog in response to what it states has been a sharp rise in proceedings...

Financial planning

AXA-Australia-owned advice firm Monitor Money has received its first acquisition funding from its parent three years after the financial services giant took over ownershi...

Financial planning

Inadequate professional indemnity (PI) insurance is proving a major compliance hurdle for financial planning dealer groups, the Australian Securities and Investments Comm...

Financial planning

Ten financial services professionals were jailed, 64 advisers were banned - 19 of them permanently - and 51 civil proceedings were taken against 118 people or companies, ...

Financial planning

Without a doubt, the introduction of the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) on March 11 was a watershed for the industry....

Financial planning

Don’t jettison the basics when you prepare Statements of Advice, writes Lisa Chambers....

Financial planning

Financial planning groups in regional areas will face a stricter program of regulatory spot checks by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) after th...

Financial planning

The corporate regulator has given the strongest indication yet that it will act to ease the compliance burden on advisers under the Financial Services Reform (FSR) Act, h...

Financial planning

The financial planning job market has moved on from its compliance myopia. Ross Kelly has the low down on the skills that will get you that dream job....

Financial planning

ING Australia has created four new business units and restructured its executive line-up as part of a strategy to better capitalise on its major distribution channels....

Financial planning

Three agents of offshore internet currency exchange businesses have been shut down by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission after they were found to be ill...

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Mercer Investment Consulting has lost another key team member with funds management group Queensland Investment Corporation announcing today it has recruited senior analy...

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The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has re-elected Perpetual Trustees managing director David Deverall, MLC chief executive retail investment Stephen...

Financial planning

Mercer Investment Consulting, bucking the trend against its recent hiring spree, has been forced to restructure its senior ranks following the departure of its national p...

Financial planning

BT Financial Group has followed up plans to provide investors, through the Westpac adviser channel, with a more extensive multi-manager product range by creating and fill...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

3 months 1 week ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

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