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Financial planning

The former mortgage broker was an authorised representative able to provide general financial product advice....

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Editorial

The decision to withhold submissions from its consultation into affordable advice is a contrary move by the corporate regulator when the advice industry has funded the $3...

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Financial planning

EC Audit was fined $40,000 while Robert Evett was fined $10,000 for auditing standards breaches of Halifax Investment Services....

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Financial planning

Having suitable breach reporting systems will go a long way to show licensees are pro-actively dealing with regulatory changes to the corporate regulator, even though it ...

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Financial planning

Opening the November exam to all advisers and the conditional September 2022 extension could drastically improve how many advisers are on the Financial Adviser Register a...

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Superannuation

The corporate regulator’s increased levy will be ultimately be borne by superannuation fund members through administration fees and will be reflected in their future reti...

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Policy & Regulation

As part of its penalty for overcharging interest on business overdraft accounts, which it has been forced to pay $7 million, it will also be required to publish misconduc...

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Financial planning

There is likely to be broad issues with lack of awareness and preparedness with the five reforms coming into play in October, according to the Association of Financial Ad...

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Policy & Regulation

Eight industry associations say the compensation scheme of last resort will become a “go to” rather than a last resort and excludes product providers from accountability....

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Financial planning

The Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association has welcomed the announcement from the corporate regulator regarding its “reasonable approach” in the early stage of t...

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Financial planning

Monica Kaur and MKS Property Investments/Developments are alleged to have operated an unregistered managed investment scheme and provided unlicensed financial advice to c...

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Financial planning

ASIC will take a reasonable approach in the early stages of the reforms arising from the Royal Commission provided industry participants are using their best efforts to c...

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Financial planning

The corporate regulator has revealed how much it has spent on its unmet advice needs project and that it does not intend to release the 466 submissions to its access to a...

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Financial planning

The opposition has said the Government’s financial reforms have caused uncertainty and unnecessary costs for thousands of financial advisers....

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Funds management

The corporate regulator found responsible entities handled the challenges of illiquid asset valuation during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic well, but there are...

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