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Financial planning

ATO gets adviser info from foreign interests push

The Australian Taxation Office has revealed that Project DO IT provided “valuable intelligence” about financial institutions and advisers that may have been involved in o...

Financial planning

FASEA warned on over-complication

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has been warned against over-complicating the transition of practising advisers who hold foreign qualifications....

Policy & Regulation

AAT supports Westpac adviser’s ban

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has upheld the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s decision to ban Perth-based Westpac adviser....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC accepts EU from adviser

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Wollongong-based financial adviser. ...

Financial planning

FPA warns of pause in adviser authorisations

Financial Planning Association chief executive, Dante De Gori has warned of a looming pause in the authorisation of new financial planners as a result of the implementati...

Financial planning

Advisers should stick to the basics when it comes to bubbles

Advisers should remain the voice of reason for their clients when financial fads occur, experts say. ...

Accounting

Accountants must clarify when they’re giving advice

SMSF Association Conference delegates have been warned that advisers and accountants need to clarify what services they provide and when, as growing numbers of accountant...

People & Products

EQT appointed operator of fintech uXchange

Equity Trustees has become the ‘operator’ of Sydney-based fintech start-up, uXchange, which is part of WealthO2's suite of adviser tech solutions....

Features

Compliance and value: a balancing act

While the demand and need for financial advice is growing, advisers still feel that there are barriers to client acquisition and that the advice environment is challengin...

Financial planning

Sydney adviser gets three-year ban

ASIC has banned a Sydney adviser and representative of Brisbane-based Protect Ensure from providing financial services for three years for misleading and deceiving client...

Financial planning

ASIC bans former ANZ financial planner

The corporate regulator has banned a former ANZ financial planner for 18 months for misleading conduct as part of its Wealth Management Project....

Financial planning

Finding efficiencies essential to post LIF advice

Advisers need to improve the efficiency of their businesses to bridge the revenue gap that will be caused by the implementation of the LIF. ...

Financial planning

Less than one-third advisers have succession plans

Close to two-thirds of advisers who plan to step down over the coming decade have no succession plan in place, research reveals....

Financial planning

Former Guardian Advice adviser permanently banned

ASIC bans former Guardian Advice insurance adviser for annually replacing clients’ insurance policies to boost commissions without considering clients’ best interests....

Financial planning

Former Sydney adviser banned

A former Sydney financial adviser was permanently banned from providing financial services after pleading guilty to three charges of dishonesty, and creating false docume...