FINANCIAL ADVISER

Financial planning

Former financial adviser, Trevor William Martin, has pleaded guilty to dishonestly obtaining client funds....

Financial planning

The Australian Taxation Office has revealed that Project DO IT provided “valuable intelligence” about financial institutions and advisers that may have been involved in o...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has permanently banned a financial planner, Muneer Mahmood Khan, for not being of good fame and character and acting ...

Funds management

Financial advisers and investors should get comfortable talking about responsible investing, according to Calvert Research and Management....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned Perth-based adviser, Philip Leake, from providing financial services for five years. ...

Financial planning

As the 31 January renewal deadline for tax (financial) advisers passes, the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has revealed that the total number of advisers seeking registrat...

Financial planning

ASIC has banned South Australian financial adviser Ramana Rao from providing financial services for three years....

Financial planning

Financial adviser, Travis Byron McLean, has been banned from providing financial services for five years after failing to comply with financial services laws. ...

Financial planning

ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from former Macquarie Equities adviser, Anthony Wilson after finding he failed to comply with financial services law....

Funds Management

Smart beta exchange traded funds (ETFs) are set to become the fastest growing ETF market in the world ......

Financial planning

ASIC has banned Roan Financial Group’s Darren Tindall from providing financial services for five years after the FPA received a complaint against him for dishonest conduc...

Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned a former Queensland authorised representative of an insurance product distributor after being sentenced for fraud and stealing....

Financial planning

ASIC has banned former BTFG financial adviser, Michael Mahoney, from providing financial services for four years for misleading and deceptive conduct when providing insur...

Financial planning

Advisers were spending 30 hours a week on administration but only nine hours meeting clients face-to-face despite a desire to meet clients more....

Financial planning

ASIC’s Wealth Management Project and an ANZ breach report has resulted in an adviser suffering a one year ban....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

6 months ago

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

6 months ago

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

8 months ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

3 weeks 4 days ago

Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...

2 weeks 3 days ago

ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...

3 weeks 3 days ago