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Financial planning

The former director of a foreign exchange provider has been “restrained” from providing financial services after providing services not covered by its licence....

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Superannuation

An SMSF trustee has been ordered to pay fines and legal costs of $37,500, after taking advice from a financial planner before providing unauthorised loans to his brother-...

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Financial planning

Former Health Minister, Dr Michael Wooldridge, is one of five former directors of Australian Property Custodian Holdings Limited (APCH) who have been penalised by the Fed...

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Financial planning

ASIC has launched legal action against Make it Mine Finance for violating consumer credit laws, including responsible lending duties....

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Financial planning

Two former WealthSure clients have been granted an application for special leave to appeal the reduction of their claim against the planning group and to compel its profe...

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Financial planning

ASIC has begun civil proceeding against the founder and former directors of LM Investment Management Ltd alleging the directors failed in their duties to act with diligen...

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Financial planning

NAB has become the first of the Big Four banks to move towards a settlement over a long-running late fees class action. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has won a legal battle with an investment manager that has dragged on for two years but will not take action to exact any form of penalty....

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Financial planning

Mariner has stated it would not take an active part in proceedings by ASIC against former directors but did not consent to Court orders sought by ASIC or admit to any all...

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Financial planning

FOS chief obudsman, Shane Tregellis rejects calls for a limit to its monetary jurisdiction and claims those urging a more legalistic approach are ingoring recent changes....

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Superannuation

Members of family superannuation fund have been fined for using the fund to provide rent-free accommodation to their son....

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Financial planning

More than 4000 customers of the CBA's planning businesses have registered for a review of the financial advice they received following the launch of the Open Advice Revie...

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Funds management

BOQ has reached a $19.7 million settlement with ASIC and borrowers who were advised by Storm Financial....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has moved to inject plaintiff law firms into its advice review processes....

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Financial planning

SFG Australia Limited shareholders have voted to support IOOF Holdings Limited’s proposed acquisition of 100 per cent of the company’s ordinary shares....

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

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