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Superannuation
A number of SMSF advisers surveyed by the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association of Australia have supported a restricted licence for accountants advisi...
Financial planning
Regulation regarding deferred establishment fees will disadvantage non-bank lenders and may eventually reduce competition in the market, according to the Mortgage and Fin...
Financial planning
Dr Pamela Hanrahan has been confirmed as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC's) newly appointed regional commissioner for Queensland....
Financial planning
Markets that were largely left alone by regulators prior to the global financial crisis will be more actively managed as a result of a series of post crisis reviews, acco...
Financial planning
Registrations for credit licences are about to hit 12,000 as financial services providers prepare for changes to the credit licensing regime, with the regulator urging th...
Financial planning
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has upheld ASIC's banning of Citigroup Wealth Advisers broker Roberto Gerald Catena from providing financial services for five years, ...
Financial planning
The Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) is working with Treasury and industry organisations to develop cost-effective financial advice regar...
Financial planning
Charges against two Queensland men relating to the collapse of Westpoint have been discontinued by the CDPP....
Funds management
ASIC has cancelled the Australian Financial Services licence of Teys Property Funds following the funds management group's entry into administration earlier this month....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is highly unlikely to complete its promised return to shadow shopping in the financial planning industry in the curre...
Superannuation
Professionalism in the SMSF industry has improved greatly, but the ATO must remain firm with the sector, said Tax Commissioner Michael D'Ascenzo....
Financial planning
Increased ASIC standards regarding PI insurance are expected to lead to higher premiums, but the full effects may not be evident for some time....
Financial planning
The Treasury’s whistleblowing options paper has attracted a varied response, some of it condemning the approach as a step in the wrong direction....
Financial planning
The Government’s bank guarantee, introduced at the height of the crisis, will be withdrawn at the end March....
Financial planning
ASIC has obtained a declaration against former Citrofresh managing director and chief executive Ravi Narain that he engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct....
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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...