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Life/Risk

Life insurers should have the same powers as general insurers when it comes to dealing out benefits like riders, according to TAL. ...

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Policy & Regulation

Changes to FOFA amendments agreed between the Government and PUP will act as levers against a planner in a dispute with a client....

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Life/Risk

Both APRA and ASIC express concerns at failure to learn lessons in life/risk sector....

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Superannuation

One of Australia’s regulators fears self-managed super funds could expose investors to inappropriate borrowing strategies, but doesn’t see a role for itself in guarding t...

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Financial planning

Class action specialists, Shine Lawyers, are investigating claims against Queensland based financial advice firm FTS....

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Financial planning

SFG Australia Limited shareholders have voted to support IOOF Holdings Limited’s proposed acquisition of 100 per cent of the company’s ordinary shares....

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Financial planning

A Sydney woman employed by a company trading as Premium Financial and Retirement Solutions has pleaded guilty to four charges of fraud after an ASIC investigation....

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Financial planning

FOS releases consultation paper seeking input about raising limits at which it can hear disputes...

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Financial planning

A former WealthSure financial adviser has been jailed after transferring around half a million dollars out of clients’ accounts without their knowledge. ...

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Accounting

Accountants are not having the necessary conversations on what is going to happen to their ability to give advice on self-managed super funds (SMSF) after July 2016, an a...

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Financial planning

Both Custom Wealth Solutions and Custom Wealth Solutions Dealer Services Pty Ltd have entered external administration. ...

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has responded to its grilling at a Senate Committee by restating its compliance with the inquiry’s requests for more information. ...

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Life/Risk

Businesses that sell general or life insurance, or offer credit as an ‘add-on’ insurance offering, should be on guard as they come under ASIC scrutiny, a law firm warns....

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Financial planning

NAB Wealth will refund customers after it found some of its customers had received incorrect compensation after an investment income error on its Navigator platform....

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Financial planning

Former sole director of Sonray Capital Markets, Russell Andrew Johnson, has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail after pleading guilty to seven charges last yea...

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