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Financial planning

Former Macquarie Bank portfolio manager Oswyn De Silva has been jailed after pleading guilty to contempt charges....

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Financial planning

The Australian Bankers' Association has warned of the consequences of too much focus being placed on superannuation in the provision of financial advice....

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Financial planning

The director of Victorian-based company Ascension Financial Strategies, Charles Grummisch, has been banned from providing financial services for 10 years by ASIC....

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Financial planning

ASIC has decided to discontinue action against one Queensland man on Westpoint-related charges but will continue action against another....

Financial planning

A new property securities fund will give wholesale investors in unlisted frozen property funds the opportunity to sell their units....

Financial planning

ASIC has entered the second phase of its Storm Financial investigation during which it will seek commercial resolution before deciding on litigation....

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Financial planning

Fleetwood Advisory Group director Steven Fleetwood has been banned from providing financial services for five years by ASIC following an investigation into his profession...

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Financial planning

Some 40 per cent of financial planners provide debt advice or loan assistance to their clients, which may lead to problems if they do not hold a credit licence after July...

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Financial planning

A former Macquarie broker has pleaded guilty to charges brought by ASIC regarding market manipulation....

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Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled City Pacific’s Australian financial services licence as the company continues to wind up....

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Financial planning

The former secretary of investment company Chartwell Enterprises, Ian Rau, has pleaded guilty to charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (...

Financial planning

ASIC audit of auditors detects shortcomings amid the global financial crisis....

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Financial planning

ASIC will take on supervision of Australia's financial markets as of the third quarter of 2010....

Financial planning

The former director of the investment company Chartwell Enterprises, Graeme Hoy, has been committed to stand trial on charges brought by ASIC....

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Funds management

Former Macquarie bank fund manager, Oswyn de Silva, has been restrained after trying to leave Australia in breach of court orders....

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