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Financial planning

The corporate regulator has banned Sean Philip Lewis for his limited recourse borrowing arrangement advice and insurance advice that would generate large commissions for ...

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Funds management

DomaCom has announced a solution for seniors running short on cashflow by offering them a new model for equity release. ...

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Features

Self-managed superannuation funds have been weathering the COVID-19 storm, writes Mike Taylor, but should be alert to the price they may be asked to pay as part of the re...

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SMSF

Charterhill director, George Nowak misappropriated $1.2 million in self-managed superannuation fund monies to fund a lavish lifestyle. ...

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Features

Self-managed superannuation funds specialist, Meg Heffron, explains why the Government’s COVID-19 measures providing hardship early access to superannuation represent a s...

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Expert Analysis

It is critical that people understand what happens in that often-unknown process of passing away and are prepared with a will, writes Anna Hacker....

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Superannuation

SMSF members will not have action taken against them by the Australian Taxation Office for reducing real property rent for tenants who have been financially impacted by C...

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Financial planning

The draft legislation would be able to prevent property spruikers using self-managed superannuation funds in a one-stop shop, the SMSF Association believes....

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Superannuation

Specialist advice for self-managed superannuation funds is necessary to navigate market turbulences caused by external factors, the SMSF Association says....

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SMSF

William Houwing (known as Jack Houwing) failed to act in the best interests of his self-managed superannuation fund clients by recommending they lend money to his related...

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SMSF

George Nowak has pleaded guilty after investigations found he had misappropriated $1.2 million in self-managed superannuation fund monies. ...

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Superannuation

The Government is committed to removing restrictions regarding superannuation fund choice but will not prevent a default fund being specified in an award....

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Financial planning

The Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has slammed the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority along with the ...

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Policy & Regulation

Tax financial advisers must not follow existing flexible arrangements under the Tax Practitioner Board’s code if the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s eq...

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Financial planning

Financial advice can start with one piece and that can build to full advice later as the advice framework fails to lure Australians into receiving full advice, according ...

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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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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. ...

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ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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ASIC has issued a warning to financial advisers to ensure they are complying with client consent requirements when entering into ongoing fee arrangements....

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