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Life/Risk

Life/risk advisers face taking account of a new factor – the reality that Government changes to bring insurance under the Unfair Contracts Terms regime will expose life i...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Investments and Securities Commission has asked market operators to exclude any new managed funds that fail to disclose their daily portfolio holdings and ...

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association has thrown its support behind the Australian Securities and Investments Commission decision to disqualify or add conditions to 17 auditors of self-ma...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed the cancellation of the Spectrum Wealth Advisers license and has notified all advisers and clients of t...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has commenced proceedings against ANZ over account and periodic payment fees after it was alleged to have unlawfully ...

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Financial planning

High profile former adviser, Sam Henderson has been banned from providing financial services for three years....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has acted to disqualify or add conditions to the number of self-managed superfund (SMSF) auditors after concerns they...

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Policy & Regulation

Sydney-based financial planning firm Jade Private Wealth has entered into receivership....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has started a consultation process ahead of a proposal to ban unsolicited telephone sales of direct life insurance....

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Financial planning

Aussie politicians make “politicised and dishonest decisions about ‘fraud’” despite having no law enforcement of forensic investigation skills, Victims of Financial Fraud...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled the licence of Sydney-based Australian Mutual Holdings after the banning of its joint executive directo...

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Policy & Regulation

Over 50 financial services and credit licensees have been formally suspended or cancelled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission after failing to obtain ...

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Features

Responsible Investment Association Australasia chief executive, Simon O’Connor writes that while ESG investing may have become mainstream it is still a work in progress....

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Policy & Regulation

Former Adelaide financial adviser James Gibbs has been sentenced for 10 years imprisonment to theft and other dishonesty offences, totalling approximately $4.88 million....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has proposed the first use for its product intervention powers will be addressing significant consumer detriment in t...

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