Lucinda Beaman

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The tightening of the professional indemnity insurance market has led the corporate regulator to amend its requirements of Australian Financial Services Licensees....

HFA Asset Management believes the use of the HFA brand by HFA Accelerator Plus, a fund it currently has a management agreement with, is generating confusion among investo...

The Federal Government has improved the death and invalidity benefits of the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme (MSBS)....

Japanese fund manager Nomura Asset Management will be launching a retail China fund in Australia next month....

Structured products are often marketed on the premise that they can help protect an investor’s underlying investment. However, as Lucinda Beaman reports, advisers should ...

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A fight has broken out between listed investment company HFA Accelerator Plus and its manager, HFA Asset Management, with the latter threatening legal action over the use...

As a result of the ongoing Government inquiries into the financial services industry, advisers will need to offer clients the "best products" - not just those pushed in-h...

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Super funds rejecting intra-fund advice relief and turning to the associated Regulatory Guide to develop advice offerings....

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The Government has announced it will amend tax law in investors' favour, removing any fear that tax deductions for investments in Timbercorp and Great Southern forestry s...

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The chief executive of Willmott Forests believes the forestry investment sector is recovering from the damage caused by the collapses of Great Southern and Timbercorp, wi...

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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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