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Financial planning

When consultant Pauline Vamos received a copy of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s Financial Services Reform (FSR) Policy Statement 181, she was as m...

Financial planning

A planned crackdown of advisers in the lead up to super choice has been put into question by new survey findings, which show the majority of clients are satisfied with th...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission, for the first time ever, has released super fund performance data aimed at providing members with reasonable expecta...

Financial planning

A Queensland based man has been committed to stand trial after an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleged he dishonestly induced inv...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has given the strongest indication yet that it will scale back some aspects of the Financial Services Reform Act, with parliamentary secretary to t...

Financial planning

Stock research firm Fat Prophets is aiming to launch a boutique listed investment company in a move that would push the group into the realm of buying and selling shares ...

Financial planning

A new set of guidelines on conflicts of interest which will impose tougher requirements on advisers than those introduced by the Australian Securities and Investment Comm...

Financial planning

Four out of every five people who consult a financial planner are satisfied with the advice they receive and most people who avoid seeing a financial planner do so becaus...

Accounting

A Sydney accountant who operated a financial services business without a licence appeared in court yesterday on seven charges resulting from an investigation by the Austr...

Financial planning

An adviser who failed to disclose a financial interest in Melbourne stockbroking firms he recommended for clients to invest in has been permanently banned from providing ...

Financial planning

The operators of a Perth based early release super scheme that used television advertising to promote its services has been nabbed by the Australian Securities and Invest...

Financial planning

Understanding clients’ needs and helping them achieve their financial goals is the bedrock of Jo Tuck’s practice....

Financial planning

Financial planners providing tax advice have come under the spotlight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission who released new guidance today to ensure pr...

Financial planning

The financial services industry has been given yet another extension by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission to comply with its new dollar disclosure regim...

Financial planning

A former National Australia Bank financial planner who lost almost $5million of client monies through illegal activities faced a Sydney Court yesterday to answer 14 crimi...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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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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