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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched civil action on behalf of Westpoint investors against advisory firm Brighton Hall Securities....
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Financial planning companies and individual planners have been the subject of severe adverse findings by Financial Ombudsman Service panelists. ...
Financial planning
A deed of company arrangement that prevented investors from taking legal action against the group has been found by the Federal Court to be invalid....
Financial planning
The founders of collapsed advisory group Storm Financial are expected to give evidence today in a hearing in the Federal Court in Brisbane....
Financial planning
ASIC pursues action against Pacific Blue Securities and obtains freezing orders....
Financial planning
Dealer group PIS has agreed to compensate clients affected by the Westpoint collapse, but despite reaching an agreement with ASIC, it has not admitted liability....
Financial planning
Advisers should think all issues through carefully before acting on the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) new ruling that will affect the way capital gains made by trust...
Financial planning
ASIC has sought the winding up of Finchley Central Funds Management via action in the Federal Court....
Financial planning
Receivers and managers have been appointed to troubled City Pacific following the loss of its First Mortgage Fund....
Financial planning
City Pacific has lost control of its First Mortgage Fund following a Federal Court ruling that appointed Trilogy Funds Management as responsible entity....
Financial planning
Sole director of Axis International Management and representative of Sagecorp Securities....
Financial planning
Mortgage calculators which show that borrowers can pay off their mortgage sooner without increasing their monthly payments have attracted the attention of the regulator....
Financial planning
The argument over the management of the First Mortgage Fund will be heard in the Queensland Federal Court today, as the deadline for lodging proxy votes also arrives....
Financial planning
Dispute over newspaper advertisements settled on private terms following unreserved apology....
Financial planning
ASIC bans a West Australian financial adviser and cancels the licence of his firm, Concentric Wealth Management....
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