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Financial planning

Financial planners have sought legal advice over the role of the auditors of Westpoint in an attempt to recover client funds invested in the failed mezzanine property fun...

Financial planning

ASIC is currently examining whether further regulation is specifically needed for platforms, although at present it is unclear whether they should be defined as a product...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is currently working on a project that aims to crackdown on people providing unlicensed financial advice....

Financial planning

The Federal Court of Australia has joined Keypoint Developments to the proceedings brought by ASIC against the former directors of Westpoint – Norman Carey, Graeme Rundle...

Financial planning

The SMS Advising Group has had its Australian Financial Services Licence revoked by ASIC....

Financial planning

The FPA has welcomed a reported increase in the number of breach of licence notifications received by the corporate regulator from the financial services industry....

Financial planning

Gregory Clements and Neil Manning have appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court as the result of an ASIC investigation that alleged they provided financial advice without ...

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Shadow shopper has revealed a “surprisingly” low percentage of consumers received life insurance advice although, according to industry experts, the responsibility lies o...

Financial planning

The Federal Court of Australia has ordered that the directors of an unlicensed financial services business in Perth must cease operation immediately, following an ASIC in...

Financial planning

An associated company of Westpoint, Cinema City Mezzanine, is facing liquidation in the Federal Court of Australia as ASIC commences proceedings to wind up the company....

Financial planning

Banning exit fees on super funds and restricting statements of advice to less than four pages will form part of Labor’s new financial services policy platform to be relea...

Financial planning

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Jeffrey Lucy has defended the regulator’s enforcement of financial services laws after its shadow shoppin...

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