AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES

Financial planning

The major planning organisations are already gearing up to meet with the new Abbott Government ministers....

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Accounting

ASIC data reveals the accountants’ limited licensing regime is already gaining traction....

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Financial planning

Paul Derham draws on extensive recent research to provides tips to help financial planners sail through their next licensee compliance audit. ...

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Superannuation

ASFA calls for sole purpose test to be strictly applied to SMSFs in light of property spruikers. ...

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Financial planning

The new Abbott Cabinet adopts a less specific approach to handling of the Financial Services portfolio....

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Funds management

Australian hedge funds have been given a clean bill of health by ASIC largely because most investors are institutional....

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Superannuation

Concerns raised by ASIC about the aggressive marketing of geared property investments are shared by the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia, according to Jordan ...

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People & Products

ANZ Wealth has created a new executive role which reports to ANZ Global Wealth chief Joyce Phillips....

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Financial planning

Regulator concerned about adequacy of trader's market risk management systems ...

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Financial planning

A technical issue which prompted AFS Group not to establish a trust account via which it could remunerate authorised representatives has ended up denying those planners t...

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Financial planning

Saxo Capital Markets has called on all AFSL holders to implement tougher transparency measures....

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Superannuation

The growth of the self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) sector could be damaged by the failure of fund members to properly manage the funds and their holdings, accordi...

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Financial planning

ASIC is proposing to step away from approving training courses for financial advisers, leaving it to education providers to self-assess their own courses....

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Financial planning

Outgoing AMP chief Craig Dunn announced the company is planning to cut $200 million in recurring costs over the next three years....

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Financial planning

Synchron’s John Prossor claims a repeat of the AFS brokerage losses can be avoided by paying advisers without delay....

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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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