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Superannuation

ASIC signals a push to have SMSF trustees acknowledge the existence of a higher level of risk....

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Superannuation

ASIC has revealed that there is a large percentage of over-the-counter derivative providers who are not following appropriate client money procedures, according to Capita...

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Financial planning

Treasury officials are continuing to apportion blame to financial planners for some Trio Capital losses....

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Accounting

Treasury officials tell Senate Committee accountants will be moved into FOFA world....

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Financial planning

APRA seeks to create distance from blame around Trio Capital while pointing to deficiencies of SMSF trustees and financial planners....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank's share trading arm, CommSec, has been penalised to the tune of $35,000 for alleged trading infringements....

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Funds management

ASFA has welcomed government reforms, including the Significant Investor visa, which aims to encourage foreign investment into innovation....

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Superannuation

ASIC has confirmed the degree to which superannuation trustees can now provide non-licensed advice around super forecasts and retirement estimates....

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Editorial

With the FOFA, Stronger Super and MySuper reforms finally taking shape, the financial services industry has a clearer picture of what the future holds, writes Chris Kenne...

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Editorial

In the current investment climate, alternative investments can provide valuable diversification. So why are investors still not jumping on the bandwagon? Freya Purnell re...

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Editorial

With the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services having last week handed down its final report on the collapse of Trio Capital, it is worth r...

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Editorial

The last APRA regulatory failure around HIH Insurance saw heads roll. Mike Taylor asks whether the gravity of the Trio Capital collapse ought not to justify similar punis...

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Financial planning

ASIC has its eyes set on registered liquidators after its first annual report into the sector revealed that the regulator had opened eight new formal investigations for t...

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Financial planning

AMPFS boss says the Financial Planning Association's control of CFP designation hands it an advantage....

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Financial planning

A former senior financial adviser has been convicted and sentenced by the Sydney District Court after ASIC found that he used client funds to fuel a gambling addiction....

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