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Financial planning

ASIC has launched its Swimming Between the Flags guide for retail investors but it has proven to be less prescriptive than some feared....

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Financial planning

ASIC has announced the formation of a management team and an advisory panel to assist in the transfer of front line market supervision from the ASX to ASIC....

Financial planning

ASIC has granted transitional relief that will allow class action against groups including Great Southern to continue without disruption until at least the middle of next...

Financial planning

Professional Investment Services has been ordered to pay $5.9 million to Westpoint investors....

Financial planning

Super funds rejecting intra-fund advice relief and turning to the associated Regulatory Guide to develop advice offerings....

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Editorial

Reverse mortgage products are attracting a new breed of strategic senior borrowers who are proving the industry’s naysayers wrong, argues MARTIN LYNCH....

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Financial planning

While many advisers are now making the transition from commissions to a fee based remuneration, many admit they don't have it right yet....

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Financial planning

The Financial Ombudsman Service wants ASIC to be empowered to better track the movement of planners between groups....

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has named the corporate regulator, along with itself and Storm Financial, as one of the key stakeholders involved in the circumstances ...

Financial planning

The chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has hinted that the basis for the Corporations Act and ASIC's role may be re-examined....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's proposed consumer education campaign 'Swimming Between the Flags' could leave it open to prosecution, according to ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has responded to a decision by Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) not to use its Continuing Education assess...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is in consultation with Timbercorp scheme growers pushing for the appointment of a responsible entity to 14 sc...

Financial planning

Some researchers have expressed concern over a request from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that planners send samples of product research used to fo...

Financial planning

Planners served notice by regulator but reports of home and office raids incorrect....

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