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Funds management

Following a strategic review, Platinum has announced it will merge its two listed investment companies with two of its quoted managed hedge funds. ...

People & Products

Following a strategic review of its business, Iress has made changes to its senior leadership teams, launched a new innovations division and announced a 10 per cent headc...

Financial planning

The Government has been accused of ‘cherry-picking’ issues for the Quality of Advice Review following the publication of its terms of reference while financial advisers ...

Funds management

After hitting milestones such as the separation of its advice business and its restructure of the firm by line of business, ClearView has announced a strategic review....

Funds management

The corporate regulator found responsible entities handled the challenges of illiquid asset valuation during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic well, but there are...

Policy & Regulation

The corporate regulator has approved variations to the banking code of practice, including improving the definition of small business....

Funds management

AMP Limited is continuing to pay a price for controversy and key personnel instability with research and ratings house, Zenith, telling clients that it has placed more th...

Superannuation

Industry super fund Rest has refined its investment structure and governance framework to position it for further growth following a 12-month review. ...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled using its new directions power in the face of the slow response of AMP and the major banks to follow-up...

Financial planning

The Independent Advisers Association of Australia has urged the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to act on the views of the Royal Commission by reviewing ...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has claimed the Royal Commission failed to hit what it was aiming at and, instead, has impacted small financial advisers and mortgag...

Financial planning

The risk of heightened global market volatility should encourage Australians to review their current financial plans, according to Dixon Advisory....

Funds management

Money Management last January asked key investment specialists to predict how things would roll out in 2018, with Stephen van Eyk emerging closest to the market with his ...

Financial planning

AMP Limited acting chief executive, Mike Wilkins has confirmed the firm is facing more fees for no service remediation challenges after discovering new breaches as recent...

Policy & Regulation

The prudential regulator has announced the terms of reference for a review of its enforcement strategy....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

5 months ago

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

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

3 weeks 4 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 1 day ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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