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The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has worked looming conflict of interest legislation into its licensing regime by updating two of its licensing guides....
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has had another win after successfully taking claims to the Supreme Court against the operator of a failed solicitor’...
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Investors have been warned to be on guard against the promotion of illegal investment schemes after new figures suggested overseas scamsters had stepped up their activity...
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MMC Asset Management has provided an enforceable undertaking to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) following an investigation into unsolicited of...
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The Government’s proposed fee disclosure regulations have been defeated in the Senate, with the Australian Labor Party’s motion to disallow the draft rules passed with th...
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The ongoing dispute between Morningstar and its former managing director, Graham Rich, has taken another twist, with Rich accusing the research group of making false and ...
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Fund managers and product providers may still fail to meet the deadline for compliance with the new dollar disclosure regime despite the Australian Securities and Investm...
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Financial planners who provide direct equity advice have failed in their bid to gain an exemption from having to provide a Statement of Advice (SOA) in time-critical situ...
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned a South Australian insurance broker for a series of deceptions, which included collecti...
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The average Statement of Advice prepared by financial planners is full of jargon and unnecessary information, but lacking in key disclosure elements, an investigation by ...
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A father and son, who are under investigation for alleged involvement in a business that offered consumers illegal early access to their superannuation, were arrested on ...
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The Federal election has thrown the January 1, 2005 deadline for fund managers and advisers having to disclose all fees and benefits as dollar amounts into disarray with ...
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Three quarters of financial planning clients do not see a need for addition regulation, and while a surprising number actually read Statements of Advice, only 11 per cent...
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So you thought platforms were a steady business? Not on your life. It has been a year of movers and shakers, writes Ross Kelly....
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The man with a Midas touch for property investment owes much of his success to the harsh lessons of Estate Mortgage and keeping close to his customers, including financia...
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...