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Genworth has partnered with Lifeline in its Stress Down Day initiatives to tackle the negative effects of financial hardship and mortgage stress on families....

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Superannuation

The complexity of the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) space is rapidly outpacing SMSF auditors, according to Chan and Naylor director of financial planning David ...

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Financial planning

The Coalition has indicated it has already drafted changes to FOFA legislation that it will implement if it wins office....

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Financial planning

Law firm Slater & Gordon said the changes put forward by the ASX to continuous disclosure would present "a plus" for investors, claiming much of the grey area will be rem...

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Financial planning

A number of the ASIC's proposals for conflicted remuneration payments are claimed to be inconsistent with current financial services law and have little to do with the pr...

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Editorial

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has outlined the draft ground rules on conflicted remuneration and, as Mike Taylor writes, there are inevitable impac...

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Financial planning

Madison Financial Group is rolling out a compliance framework that uses estate planning as a context for the best interests duty....

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Financial planning

Financial planning groups will lose the presumption of innocence where volume rebates are concerned....

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Financial planning

A review of ASIC's GFC short-selling ban has identified the benefits and the costs - and the fact the regulator would likely do it again....

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Financial planning

The recently announced industry standard for defining a hedge fund presents a catch-all concern to unaware fund managers....

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Funds management

The recently announced industry standard for defining a hedge fund presents a catch-all concern to unaware fund managers....

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The Industry Super Network claims high frequency trading is benefiting a small subset of investors at the expense of super funds....

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Financial planning

Trio Capital victims signal their intention to seek an 'Act of Grace' payment from the Government based on regulators' failings....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has launched a new consumer website called FPA Difference as part of Financial Planning Week, which ends this coming Sunday....

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Policy & Regulation

Despite FOFA reforms now being imminent, there are several regrettable reasons many businesses are using to delay addressing the changes, according to a paper from PwC an...

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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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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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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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