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ASIC has appointed KordaMentha Forensic to identify high risk advisers within Commonwealth Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom and to review the licence conditions of...
Financial planning
Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly is stepping down after eight years at the helm, to be replaced by the bank’s head of wealth....
Accounting
Independently-owned advisory firm Fortnum Financial Group (Fortnum) has moved into the accounting space with a new business, Fortnum Professional Strategies....
Accounting
The Fold Legal claims accountants are not adequately prepared when applying for AFS licences....
Financial planning
ASIC has released figures stating it could conduct surveillance of top 50 planning groups in 18 months....
Accounting
Accountants who provide advice on self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) need to consider the level of advice they want to give clients before new licensing rules come...
Funds management
Australian financial services providers must abandon their “short-term performance culture” if they are to take advantage of opportunities in Asia, Connect CEO, Paul Tyna...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has set a date for the rollout of its public adviser registry, which licensees will fund via increased lodgement fees up to $44. ...
Financial planning
Questions are being raised about whether accountants who access limited licensing arrangements will accept conventional licensee remuneration models....
Financial planning
ASIC has cancelled the licence of Custom Wealth Solutions Dealer Services after the group entered into external administration earlier this year....
Life/Risk
A former insurance company director has pleaded guilty in the Adelaide Magistrates Court to 39 charges brought by ASIC....
Financial planning
An Australian financial services business has agreed to cease providing services in Japan after an inquiry by ASIC found it was not licenced by the Japanese regulator....
Financial planning
Australian Unity chief executive claims some planners are under-estimating the time and costs tied up in self-licensing....
Life/Risk
More than a third of life insurance advice has not been appropriate according to a review conducted by ASIC....
Financial planning
AFSLs need to be wary of equity-based crowd-funding platforms that may want to piggy-back off them as a temporary home, The Fold said....
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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....