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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a Brisbane advice firm in order to protect the interest of potential consumers as it feared the firm would breach financial services laws. ...
Financial planning
The Federal Court has imposed a $10 million penalty on Macquarie Bank for failing to prevent and control unauthorised fee transactions by third parties including financia...
Financial planning
While the Financial Services and Credit Panel can take action on individual advisers’ misconduct, a compliance professional unpacks why the panel does not always subject ...
People & Products
ASIC chief executive, Warren Day, is among senior executives to depart the corporate regulator amid changes to its leadership team....
Financial planning
Research by Wealth Data has found exactly half the number of advisers who have worked at closed AFSLs in the current financial year remain on the ASIC FAR....
Financial planning
As a Federal Court judge notes the lack of experience held by the responsible manager of Lanterne Fund Services, Money Management explores what is required of the role. ...
Financial planning
The Federal Court has issued a seven-figure penalty against Lanterne Fund Services, a wholesale licensee which operated as a ‘licensee for hire’. ...
Funds management
ASIC has appealed the Federal Court’s decision to dismiss proceedings against Finder regarding a crypto-asset product. ...
Financial planning
The head of Mayfair 101, James Mawhinney, has been charged with four counts of engaging in dishonest conduct....
Funds management
ASIC has concluded its investigation into alleged insider trading by financial technology company Nuix’s chief executive Jonathan Rubinsztein....
Financial planning
As the first quarter of 2024 comes to a close, Money Management looks back on the corporate regulator’s bans and AFSL cancellations in the financial advice sector....
Financial planning
With the first financial adviser exam of the year under the new structure held on 26 March, candidates have described it “tough” despite changes – meaning questions are m...
Financial planning
Former Sydney financial adviser, David Valvo, has been charged in court with 12 counts of dishonest conduct....
Funds management
The Federal Court has issued its verdict in ASIC's first greenwashing case against Vanguard Investments Australia regarding the use of ESG exclusionary screens....
Financial planning
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of a Sydney advice firm with the business having lost more than 30 advisers since the start of 2024, accordin...
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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,...