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Former investment adviser and principal of Golconda Resources, Mark Taylor, has appeared in court on 65 charges relating to failed Queensland investment scheme Wattle Gro...

Financial planning

A national campaign by the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce to highlight the dangers of financial scams and their impact on Australians, has been welcomed by Parliam...

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The federal opposition’s intention to reduce the funding to ASIC would mean financial market criminals would have a “field day”, according to the Parliamentary Secretary ...

Financial planning

A new Indian fund is being launched later this month as a listed investment company on the ASX....

Financial planning

Consumer protection body Choice has called for an improvement in the standards exhibited by mortgage brokers in regard to the information and advice they are issuing to t...

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The Financial Planning Association has meted out the most severe punishment against a Western Australian-based planner and planning practice regarding advice about Westpo...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has brought 23 charges of fraud against a former mortgage broker operating out of Coffs Harbour....

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The Financial Planning Association has released a checklist of regulatory requirements to assist members when advising clients on superannuation switching....

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The organisation representing industry superannuation funds has used a submission to the Treasury to argue that financial planners should be made to comply with the same ...

Financial planning

AMP Financial Planning has announced that it has significantly upgraded the number of customers it will be contacting in relation to the enforceable undertaking it entere...

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AMP Financial Planning will undertake a two step revamp process of its Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) offer in a move the financial services giant hopes will eliminate real ...

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An unlicensed adviser in Queensland has received a five-and-a-half year jail term for the dishonest use of over $500,000 of investors’ money...

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An unregistered managed investment scheme targeting Melbourne’s Greek community has been shut down following investigations by ASIC....

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A Sydney man has faced the Downing Centre Local Court on charges relating to the promotion of false interest free home loans....

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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