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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced that it will be developing a policy aimed at making it easier to undertake buy-backs of interest in lis...

Financial planning

Two men who allegedly enticed people to enter into margin loan arrangements have been committed to stand trial in the NSW District Court following an investigation by the...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has imposed limited bans on two former Macquarie Equities brokers for beaches of their licence conditions....

Financial planning

The promoter of an illegal early release superannuation scheme has been ordered to forfeit property valued at over $5 million to the Commonwealth as a result of charges b...

Financial planning

The WHK Group (WHK) has retained Inspector Compliance to provide compliance services....

Financial planning

AMP Financial Planning does not expect to determine immediately the effect of its enforceable undertaking to the corporate regulator, but has put procedures in place to r...

Financial planning

The Supreme Court of Queensland has declared that an unregistered managed investments scheme has operated in breach of the Corporations Act....

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Financial planning

Corporate superannuation has emerged as a stand-out performer for AMP in its half-year results with the big financial services house announcing a 220 per cent increase in...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has made a number of orders against Bridgecorp Finance in relation to significant concerns regarding the company’s fi...

Financial planning

The corporate regulator has banned a former representative of the Lonsdale Financial Group from providing financial services for five years after finding he gave clients...

Financial planning

A Townsville financial adviser has been banned for two years by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission after being reported by his employer, RetireInvest....

Financial planning

Melbourne-based financial planning firm Money Matters Financial Solutions has been put into voluntary administration, largely stemming from its exposure to Westpoint....

Financial planning

An authorised representative has been permanently banned from providing financial services for the ‘kite-flying’ of cheques....

Life/Risk

Dishonesty charges have been laid against an insurance broker in the Melbourne Magistrates Court following an investigation by the corporate regulator....

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