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Financial planning

ASIC confirms reasons for cancelling Morrison Carr licence and director banning....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the reputational damage often suffered by the financial planning industry might be substantially reduced if regulators and the media were a little...

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Financial planning

ASIC will distribute $81,500 to investors duped by a cold-calling scam....

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Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of 42-planner dealer group Morrison-Carr and permanently banned its sole director Dennis Cardakaris from providing financial services....

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Financial planning

ASIC has imposed a five-year ban on Sydney businessman Leigh Barker for misleading investors and losing $12.5 million....

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Policy & Regulation

Some question the background of key ASIC personnel handling FOFA regulatory development....

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Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL and national credit license of 42-planner dealer group Morrison Carr Financial Services....

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Financial planning

ASIC has frozen $3.4 million in funds held by Investment Intelligence Corporation amid suspicion it operated without an AFSL....

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Financial planning

Professional codes of conduct that meet approval in terms of obviating the need for financial advisers to comply with opt-in will need to achieve the same outcomes as opt...

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Life/Risk

Funeral insurance could be the most expensive way to manage funeral costs, and ASIC is urging investors to consider all the alternatives....

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Financial planning

ASIC has released a consultation paper on the public trading of Commonwealth Government Securities in a bid to develop a broad, liquid corporate bond market....

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Financial planning

A former director of a purported investment company has pleaded guilty to three criminal charges following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigati...

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Financial planning

The company formerly known as RAMS Mortgage Corporation will refund more than $3.3 million to its customers after charging what the regulator considered unfair early term...

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Editorial

An Australian Crime Commission report into investment scams has underscored the role financial planners have in protecting investors from themselves....

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Editorial

Kathryn Wardrobe outlines some of the finer details of the new credit legislation which might have slipped through the cracks....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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