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Financial planning

ASIC has acknowledged the CBA’s new compensation and review processes by reminding the banking group of its ongoing breach reporting obligations....

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Editorial

The Government may have moved to “rebalance” FOFA, but bipartisanship remains a forlorn hope....

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Editorial

The financial planning industry suffered substantial collateral damage as a result of the collapse of Storm Financial but, as Mike Taylor reports, last week’s Senate Comm...

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Editorial

The Government may have moved to “rebalance” FOFA, but bipartisanship remains a forlorn hope....

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Policy & Regulation

Australia has developed a regulatory protection regime for investors which is inferior, according to Paul Resnik. ...

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Financial planning

A former WealthSure financial adviser has been jailed after transferring around half a million dollars out of clients’ accounts without their knowledge. ...

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Financial planning

Former investment manager linked to failed superannuation fund Trio Capital, Tony Maher, was sentenced to 25 months jail for financial gain through misleading statements....

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Financial planning

Commonwealth Bank chief executive, Ian Narev has promised a detailed response to last week’s scathing Senate Committee report as Financial Services Minsiter, Senator Math...

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Financial planning

ASIC says a royal commission into its handling of Commonwealth Financial Planning (CommFP) scandal would divert resources from other investigations it's currently pursuin...

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Policy & Regulation

Proposed regulatory reforms of the FOFA legislation should be put on hold following the Senate Economics Committee report on ASIC’s performance, ISA believes....

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Financial planning

The future of the Seante Committee report into the performance of ASIC resides with the Government which is already signalling a cautious approach....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has rejected a senator’s claims that it deliberately kept regulators in the dark and played down the seriousness its planning groups’ actions ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has signalled its oversight of enforceable undertakings is likely to be more rigorous....

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Financial planning

The FPA claims 10 point plan is validated in the findings of the Senate Committee reviewing the performance of ASIC....

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Financial planning

Government Senator, David Bushby, has issued a dissenting report arguing a royal commission is unnecessary...

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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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