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ASIC chair Joe Longo has told compliance professionals they need an “attitude of compliance” beyond written policies, how can AFSLs achieve this without alienating their ...
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While the August financial advice exam saw a lower pass rate of 62 per cent compared with 70 per cent in previous sittings, this expert believes it’s for a positive reaso...
Financial planning
An alleged involvement with an insurance claims business has led the Federal Court to vary the orders of a banned adviser to add the threat of jail time....
Financial planning
The FAAA has argued against “prescriptive record keeping obligations” in favour of advisers using their professional judgement....
Financial planning
The regulator says it secured $32.2 million in civil penalties and nine criminal convictions in the six months to 30 June....
Financial planning
Money Management examines how the experienced provider pathway has impacted the advice industry, one year since it was passed on 6 September 2023....
Financial planning
A judge has frozen the assets of former Keystone director Paul Chiodo’s company and ruled in ASIC’s favour that administrators can be appointed to wind up the firm. ...
Financial planning
ASIC has released the percentage of candidates who passed its August financial advice exam with the volume dropping to the lowest since November 2022....
Financial planning
ASIC has identified three situations where it may be difficult for a licensee to assess an adviser’s qualifications and provided case studies of how they should be tackle...
Financial planning
A former Melbourne financial planner, Bradley Grimm, has been sentenced for dishonest conduct regarding the transfer of self-managed super fund assets....
Financial planning
The Financial Services and Credit Panel has made its latest two determinations, one regarding possible breaches of conflicted remuneration and the second about non-compli...
Financial planning
Amid concerns that smaller AFSLs may be flying under the enforcement radar, the corporate regulator has clarified how self-licensed advice firms are monitored and whether...
Financial planning
A former director of Sydney-based Courtenay House has been sentenced in the Supreme Court of NSW for his role in the operation of a Ponzi scheme....
Funds management
The land Down Under has been recognised as an APAC hub for alternatives investment, Preqin finds, amid ASIC’s planned crackdown on private markets....
Financial planning
ASIC is piloting a new portal to simplify the process of applying for an Australian financial services licence with the expectation of a formal launch in the first quarte...
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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...