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Financial planning

The concept of trust in financial planning has reached a critical juncture, writes Geoff Rimmer, and only bold measures will restore it. ...

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Financial planning

An independent expert will monitor the way PIS gives financial advice for the next nine months to ensure the group meets the standards set out in the Enforceable Undertak...

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Financial planning

The chairman of the Senate Committee reviewing ASIC laments that its greatest successes appear to have occurred after the damage has already been done....

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Funds management

The Commonwealth Bank and HSBC have changed their advertising for certain structured products aimed at retail investors after ASIC deemed them potentially misleading. ...

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Financial planning

A former Bell Potter Securities client adviser has been permanently banned from providing financial services after he was convicted of offences involving dishonesty. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC signals it will look to the most senior levels when it detects a bad compliance culture....

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Financial planning

Credit Suisse Equities Australia has paid a penalty of $95,000 for not having in place adequate resources for its Automated Order Processing (AOP) system to account for c...

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Financial planning

A survey of APRA clients and users has rated it positively, but no references were made to Trio/Astarra....

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Funds management

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released final rules around over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trade reporting obligations for financial i...

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Editorial

When Commonwealth Financial Planning was subjected to an enforceable undertaking imposed by ASIC in 2011, it was the subject of a good deal of media coverage in Money Man...

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Life/Risk

Some progress appears to be being made towards finding common ground on life/risk sustainability and churn....

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Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Travers David Loy from providing financial services after investigation found that he h...

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Funds management

Retail derivatives issuer Apex Derivatives will be wound up after ASIC received orders in the Federal Court....

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Editorial

Despite the Parliament having risen for the winter recess, and probably for the last time before a Federal election, it will nonetheless be difficult to keep politics out...

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Financial planning

The regulator permanently bans a planner and insurance broker in separate actions....

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