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Financial planning

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...

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Financial planning

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

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Policy & Regulation

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

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Policy & Regulation

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

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Financial planning

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...

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Financial planning

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

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Accounting

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...

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People & Products

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

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Features

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...

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Financial planning

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...

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Financial planning

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

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Financial planning

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

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Financial planning

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

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Financial planning

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

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Financial planning

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

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