AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES

Policy & Regulation

Government delivers additional funding to ASIC for FOFA and a range of other financial services changes....

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Financial planning

The financial services regulator is continuing its review of financial requirements for product issuers in various sectors of the industry, with a number of consultation ...

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Financial planning

The minimum training requirements for financial planners providing advice on carbon financial products has been finalised by ASIC....

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Financial planning

ASIC has rapped 21 financial services licensees across the knuckles for incorrectly marketing themselves as 'independent'....

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Superannuation

Many have advocated that accountants simply get licensed if they wish to advise on SMSFs. However, Liz Westover claims the current single licensing model poses many diffi...

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Financial planning

Ahead of the introduction of the Federal Government's carbon pricing regime, ASIC has released a regulatory guide outlining new licensing requirements for businesses prov...

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Editorial

The Australian financial services industry is facing some serious challenges through 2012 – something which Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden pointe...

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Financial planning

In an effort to enhance business-to-business and business-to-client relationships, Australian Financial Services Group Limited' (AFS) has backed mobile technology as the ...

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Financial planning

In an effort to enhance business-to-business and business-to-client relationships, Australian Financial Services Group Limited' (AFS) has backed mobile technology as the ...

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Superannuation

The Government's draft changes to limited recourse borrowing arrangements with SMSFs have served to clarify the issue....

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Financial planning

As more and more financial advisers turn to technology to enhance their business operations, a new mobile communication platform is helping to improve dealer group busine...

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Financial planning

ASIC has placed a one-year licence suspension on Lifestyle Investor Services, a Gold Coast-based financial advice practice owned by Robert Wilson, who is otherwise known ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has placed a one-year licence suspension on Lifestyle Investor Services, a Gold Coast-based financial advice practice owned by Robert Wilson, who is otherwise known ...

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Financial planning

Scaled financial advice is a promising offering receiving a big push from the Government and industry regulators. However, lingering uncertainties are preventing the serv...

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Funds management

The Bank of Melbourne is offering a wealth management review to its general banking clients...

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