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Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned a Tasmanian adviser from providing financial services due to false information in relation to his qualifications....

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Financial planning

ASIC deputy chairman, Peter Kell, has delivered an optimistic assessment of progress in improving the advice culture but has warned of a long journey ahead....

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Financial planning

ASIC has commenced civil proceedings against Ben Jayaweera and Growth Plus Financial Group after it contravened its Australian Financial Services licence....

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC has cancelled Lotus Securities AFSL after it breached several of its key obligations. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned former Deutsche Bank’s trader, Andrew Donaldson, from providing financial services for making false entries into records....

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Funds management

Huntley Management has earned the ire of ASIC after using advertising material to claim the managed investment schemes for which it was the responsible entity were approv...

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Funds management

ASIC has tightened the regulatory framework for charities that raise investment funds, following a review of their activities. ...

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Financial planning

A former Illawong financial adviser has appeared in court on 19 charges of engaging in dishonest conduct with investor funds, including their self-managed superannuation ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been playing catch-up on robo-advice and has set the regulatory bar too low, according to Adviser Intelligence's ...

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Superannuation

Property developer, LT Management, has been slapped with a $10,800 infringement notice for false representations that establishing an SMSF would be free. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has banned former BTFG financial adviser, Michael Mahoney, from providing financial services for four years for misleading and deceptive conduct when providing insur...

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Financial planning

ASIC has discontinued proceedings against two out of five of the former directors of the collapsed Gold Coast-based fund manager, LM Investment Management....

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Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned a former Queensland AMP Financial Planner representative from providing financial services for providing inappropriate advice and borrowing cl...

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Financial planning

ASIC has suspended the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) for Melbourne-based firm, Allegianz, for failure to lodge financial statements and auditor reports....

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Financial planning

ASIC’s guidance of digital advice should apply to all financial advisers because of the way financial advice businesses are structured, lawyers believe....

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