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IFSA has called for full tax deductibility of financial advice at an inquiry hearing today into financial products and services before the Parliamentary Joint Committee o...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has formerly rejected a claim in a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services that membersh...

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Financial planning

While many advisers are now making the transition from commissions to a fee based remuneration, many admit they don't have it right yet....

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Financial planning

Dealer groups are increasingly recruiting and training Certified Financial Planners (CFP) in an attempt to guard against possible breaches of regulation, with one in thre...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's proposed consumer education campaign 'Swimming Between the Flags' could leave it open to prosecution, according to ...

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Financial planning

ASIC's 'Swimming Between the Flags' campaign is set to receive a mixed reception from planners....

Financial planning

Fourteen open enquiries about insider trading; 12 referred to ASIC....

Financial planning

A verification count by City Pacific has found that Balmain Trilogy did not receive the required 50 per cent of votes by unitholders of the City Pacific First Mortgage Fu...

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Financial planning

The term 'financial adviser' should be restricted to those who are regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

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Financial planning

A media report yesterday that accused financial planners of being under investigation by ASIC was false, with the people in question believed to be marketing themselves a...

Financial planning

Licensing system allowing product providers to hold financial services licences should be investigated....

Financial planning

Balmain Trilogy has lodged a notice with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission under the Corporations Act requiring the regulator to register Trilogy as th...

Financial planning

Tim King discusses what financial services licensees should be ready for in compliance when a regulator comes knocking. ...

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A former Sydney mortgage broker has been jailed for 21 months after pleading guilty to charges of fraud that followed an investigation by the Australian Securities and In...

Financial planning

A former mortgage broker has been found guilty on one count of fraud following an ASIC investigation....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

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