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Financial planning
Six more Harts companies will be wound up after the Federal Court of Australia granted an application to appoint a liquidator to the companies which are within the Harts ...
Financial planning
Financial services group Harts Australasia may have left the financial services industry reeling in the past week with news of its collapse, however, it appears that the ...
Financial planning
The Federal Court of Australia has appointed a provisional liquidator to listed financial services group Harts Australasia one day after the group placed itself into volu...
Financial planning
Harts Australasia has lost its court battle against the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), with the listed financial services group being forced int...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has appointed a provisional liquidator to listed financial services group Harts Australasia, after receiving a...
Financial planning
Former Tower Asset Management chief executive Derek Goodyer has settled a legal battle against his former employer, Tower....
Life/Risk
In two separate and unrelated announcements, the Australian Securities and Invesments Commission (ASIC) has made rulings against two insurance agents....
Financial planning
The woes of the Australian dollar are continuing to benefit investors with a significant exposure to international funds. ...
Financial planning
The integration of the GIO business into AMP Financial Services has reached the final stage with an application to transfer the business to be made to the Federal Court o...
Policy & Regulation
With any strategy or transaction undertaken by a financial adviser on behalf of a client, consideration must be given to the anti-avoidance rules of the Income Tax Assess...
Financial planning
Timber group Auspine and IOOF Australia Trustees have reached a settlement in their year-long legal dispute over a South Australian forestry investment scheme. ...
Financial planning
A far reaching recent court judgement is being viewed as a wake-up call for financial planning dealer groups, highlighting the need to keep an eagle eye on their adviser ...
Policy & Regulation
The tax office may soon end the freeze on tax liabilities on 7000 as-sessments for tax-effective schemes, according to tax commissioner Michael Carmody. Unless scheme pro...
Financial planning
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has fired the first shots in its war against what it calls "aggressive" tax planning strategies, which promises to become bloodier ov...
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