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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....
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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...
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The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Chris Pearce, has indicated the Government will not intervene with prescriptive legislation as to whether fee or commission ...
Financial planning
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....
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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 ...
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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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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...