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Policy & Regulation

Liquidators should pay heed to a decision from the Federal Court to fix the remuneration of the liquidators of three Adelaide companies at $3.9 million, compared to the $...

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has called on the opinion of a specialist industrial lawyer to try to prove the Productivity Commission wrong about how default superannuation fu...

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Features

In a year in which few sectors of financial services have avoided the eagle eye of Commissioner Kenneth Hayne and his counsels assisting, Hannah Wootton investigates what...

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SMSF

A Sydney woman accused of dishonestly obtaining funds a client’s SMSF account and dealing with the prospects of crime has pleaded guilty, following an investigation by AS...

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Financial planning

A former NAB adviser has pleaded guilty to two charges of submitting financial planning documents for his own personal gain....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that serious questions are being asked about whether the Government’s proposed enhancements to the AFSL breach reporting regime will be worth the incre...

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Features

The recent court decision against NSG Services Pty Ltd may not have clarified what constitutes ‘best interest’ but it highlighted the ‘reasonable steps’ an AFSL must take...

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Features

Advisers might be keeping pace with technology, but are they on top of the regulation that goes with it? Hope William-Smith finds out....

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Life/Risk

ASIC has once again called for the exemption removal of insurance claims handling from the Corporations Law after CommInsure was cleared of any wrongdoing as per the law....

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Financial planning

ASIC’s review into how institutions dealt with non-compliant advisers highlighted the need for licensees/employers to follow FPA’s reference checking requirements, the FP...

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Features

Being cyber resilient is not only about fulfilling a statutory obligation but also about preserving the integrity of a financial services firm, according to Holley Nether...

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Financial planning

ASIC has banned a former Westpac financial adviser from providing financial services for eight years after finding cases of inappropriate advice provided to clients....

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Funds management

Huntley Management has earned the ire of ASIC after using advertising material to claim the managed investment schemes for which it was the responsible entity were approv...

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Financial planning

A former Illawong financial adviser has appeared in court on 19 charges of engaging in dishonest conduct with investor funds, including their self-managed superannuation ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has banned former BTFG financial adviser, Michael Mahoney, from providing financial services for four years for misleading and deceptive conduct when providing insur...

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