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Wealth Data has revealed a “disappointing” double-digit loss in advisers to start February after a positive January....
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Crypto asset service providers will be the target of a new triple-pronged Government reform agenda....
Financial planning
A former Perth financial adviser has been sentenced for making unauthorised client transactions and engaging in dishonest conduct....
SMSF
The corporate regulator has taken action against hundreds of self-managed super fund auditors after they reportedly failed to meet compliance standards over several years...
Financial planning
There were over 350 new entrants who came on board during 2022, according to Wealth Data, as the industry seeks to grow to counter the adviser exodus. ...
Financial planning
A Gold Coast director who leased an automated foreign exchange trading robot has been banned from providing financial services for four years. ...
People & Products
Catriona Lowe has joined the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission as deputy chair, taking over from Delia Rickard....
SMSF
A former Melbourne financial planner has pleaded guilty to three counts of engaging in dishonest conduct regarding SMSFs while running a financial services business. ...
People & Products
The corporate regulator has confirmed the looming departure of a commissioner, set to join global investment management company Vanguard....
Financial planning
A former Adelaide financial adviser has been sentenced for two counts of falsifying company books, having previously been charged last June. ...
Financial planning
ASIC has clarified why the cost of sitting the financial adviser exam has increased by more than 50% this year to $1,500....
Financial planning
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has upheld a decision by ASIC to cancel the Australian financial services licence of Olive Financial Markets....
Financial planning
Enrolments for the first financial adviser exam of 2023 open today with licensees applying for a new adviser urged to act quickly....
Funds management
The order for Vasco’s Pivotal Diversified Fund stemmed from concerns regarding the deficiencies in the target market determination of the fund. ...
Financial planning
Licensees will need to ensure their advisers’ Financial Adviser Register record states if they can provide tax (financial) advice by 1 February, 2023. ...
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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,...