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Financial planning

A former director of Genesys’ authorised representative, Vanguard Financial Planning, has pleaded guilty to misusing his position to gain financial advantage for someone ...

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Financial planning

​A Queensland-based financial adviser who worked for a Countplus-aligned firm has been permanently banned from the financial services industry after he was found not to h...

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Superannuation

Super funds see robo-advice as a service they will provide free to members as a channel to comprehensive offerings that will attract a charge....

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Financial planning

ASIC has suspended Marigold Falconer International’s AFSL after it failed to have a current indemnity insurance and lodge financial statements on time....

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Financial planning

ASIC has accepted an EU from a former Victorian Synchron adviser under which he has to withdraw from financial services for three years after he failed to comply with fin...

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Financial planning

ASIC has accepted an EU from HSBC for potentially giving poor advice to clients on retail structured products without collecting sufficient information and considering th...

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Financial planning

A former CBA planner allegedly forged client signatures to meet the requirements of CBA’s internal audit process, following an ASIC investigation....

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Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned a NSW financial services licence holder from providing financial services after it found he was convicted of multiple counts of fraud and othe...

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Editorial

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has acknowledged that it has had little cause to scrutinise insurance claims handling and it will be highly reliant o...

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Financial planning

Wickham Securities chairman has been permanently banned by ASIC from providing financial services for dishonesty....

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Superannuation

A South Australian company director has been charged with 31 counts of deception, after he allegedly misappropriated $1.8 million of SMSF monies. ...

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Funds management

ASIC enquiry found an Australian retail over-the-counter (OTC) derivative issuer “mingling” client money. ...

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Financial planning

Investigations into former Macquarie Equities advisers are set to continue after a review of post-EU reforms show no signs of inappropriate advice....

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Funds management

AMIT legislation welcomed but Equity Trustees is calling on the Government to do more. ...

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC deputy chairman, Peter Kell, has admitted that prior to issues around CommInsure, it had received few complaints about life insurance claims handling....

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