FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY

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A Brisbane financial adviser has been banned from providing financial services for engaging in dishonest, misleading, and deceptive conduct....

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ASIC has permanently banned a Victorian insurance representative from providing financial services....

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been told it needs to be more specific when providing case studies of conflicts of interest....

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has permanently banned David Jarrett, a former Westpac employee, from providing any financial services in the future....

Financial planning

Key elements of the financial services industry, including IFSA, have been negotiating with the Australian Consumers’ Association in a bid to develop a mutually acceptabl...

Financial planning

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Chris Pearce, has indicated the Government will not intervene with prescriptive legislation as to whether fee or commission ...

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The FPA has welcomed a reported increase in the number of breach of licence notifications received by the corporate regulator from the financial services industry....

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ASIC has recommended that financial planners avoid being paid solely by commissions as a matter of best practice....

Financial planning

AMP Financial Planning has confirmed its current managing director Greg Kirk will end his five-year stint in the job to fill the managing directorship at Genesys Wealth A...

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Banning exit fees on super funds and restricting statements of advice to less than four pages will form part of Labor’s new financial services policy platform to be relea...

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Despite one in five financial planners falling foul of the corporate regulator in its latest shadow shopping exercise, and the resulting negative coverage in the mainstre...

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The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) has experienced a strong 2005, posting a surplus of $1 million and increasing its membership by 30 per cent over ...

Financial planning

Licensing of people who provide advice on financial services products is not a straight forward subject. Admittedly, the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) bought toget...

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

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

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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