AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES

Financial planning

Lobby group National Seniors has called on ASIC to ramp up planner regulation as AFS Group investors face investment losses due to lapsed PI insurance policies....

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Financial planning

AFA calls for clarity after Court rules brokerage account not reserved for advisers....

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Editorial

In a two-horse race at the forthcoming Federal Election, Mike Taylor writes that financial services companies are mainly backing self-interest. ...

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Financial planning

Industry body Boutique Financial Planners has called for clear disclosure of licensee ownership after Roy Morgan research revealed a large percentage of consumers were no...

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Accounting

Count Financial chief executive David Lane predicts influx of accountants to swell the ranks of planners. ...

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Funds management

Australian Public Trustees (APT) has had its AFS licence cancelled after breaching a number of its financial and reporting obligations....

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Financial planning

The regulator has put forward new proposals to update the record-keeping obligations for those who provide financial advice to retail clients. ...

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Financial planning

The regulator has released a report in which it expressed concerns about the number of financial advice groups being owned by product issuers. ...

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Financial planning

Planning companies willing to acquire licences may be able to secure grandfathering arrangements. ...

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Financial planning

Rubik Financial Limited has entered an agreement with Revex Solutions around COIN acquiring Revex and a four-year exclusive reseller agreement....

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Financial planning

The majority of chief executives in Australia believe technology plays a significant role in developing and bringing new financial products to the Asian market, according...

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Life/Risk

The insurance losses reported by AMP and RGA reflect pricing for good times and a need to adapt to tough times....

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Policy & Regulation

Australian financial services institutions have received some breathing space with regards to the implementation of FOFA and Stronger Super as the US announces a six-mont...

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Funds management

Retail derivatives issuer Apex Derivatives will be wound up after ASIC received orders in the Federal Court....

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Financial planning

Planners leave amid FOFA pressure and institutional offers....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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