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Financial planning

Ahmed Saad has pleaded guilty after operating a scheme to provide illegal early access to super for clients. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The corporate regulator has asked the industry to better help the regulators better regulate the industry....

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Financial planning

A veteran self-licensed financial adviser has sought hardship relief from the tripling of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission levy, outlining his complai...

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Financial planning

The proposed Financial Services and Credit Panel will determine whether to impose an administrative sanction, infringement notice, both, or not to take action....

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Financial planning

Andrew Hills has been banned by the corporate regulator for allowing misleading and inaccurate letters about MySuper opt-outs to Aon Master Trust members....

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Financial planning

The Federal Government faces strong lobbying from financial planning organisations to ensure that the new single disciplinary body does not become yet another impost on a...

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Financial planning

The proposal to have financial advisers registered under the new disciplinary regime will seek a fee and the registration will need to be renewed annually. ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority will cease to exist under legislation from 1 January, next year, but its actions, including the code of ethics, will ...

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Financial planning

The Federal Court says James Mawhinney, or entities controlled by him, has a high likelihood to engage in similar conduct if not prevented by the court from doing so, fol...

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Policy & Regulation

Proceedings have commenced against Lightspeed Finance and its director, Mark Fitzpatrick, over failure to comply with Australian Financial Complaints Authority determinat...

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Financial planning

Civil penalties totalled $159.8 million during the second half of 2020 for the corporate regulator including seven Royal Commission investigations that totalled $77.65 mi...

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Outsider

Outsider chuckled when he read that Australian Securities and Investments Commission executives paid $33,000 to a team-building consultancy....

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Financial planning

The relief measure allowing advisers to provide a record of advice rather than a statement of advice to clients that needed advice due to the impact of COVID-19 has been ...

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Financial planning

Responding to adviser submissions, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed it is considering providing regulatory relief so that advisers can p...

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Financial planning

Advisers have made it clear to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that digital advice should not be counted as a big factor in its review of affordable ...

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