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Financial planning

Resigning AWI chairman, Andrew Barnes, flags possibility of company pursuing action to recover van Eyk losses. ...

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has taken its case against a property company to the Supreme Court, arguing the group is spruiking the use of ...

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Accounting

ASIC to focus on accounting treatment and assumptions....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers and dealer groups will be able to track and record every client interaction they have, to ensure compliance standards are being met, with the roll-out ...

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth bank has extended the customer contact element of its Open Advice Review and confirmed that three of the nation’s most high profile plaintive law firms a...

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Awards

A passion for advocacy saw Shannon Durrant take out Money Management and Super Review’s Industry Advocacy Award....

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Financial planning

FOS chief obudsman, Shane Tregellis rejects calls for a limit to its monetary jurisdiction and claims those urging a more legalistic approach are ingoring recent changes....

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Financial planning

Victims of Financial Fraud group lash Medcraft’s call for tougher penalties, citing regulator’s past failures....

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Financial planning

The Government has rejected a Royal Commission into Commonwealth FP claiming the bank’s Open Advice Review Program should be allowed to work....

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Financial planning

West Australia’s WA Super says it is now able to accept trans-Tasman tranfers from KiwiSaver accounts....

Financial planning

ASIC warns that commissions may continue to exist within MIS arrangements despite the FOFA changes....

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Financial planning

BT Financial Group has opened the way for clients to not only rate their planners but post comments on how they performed....

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Financial planning

Lawyers call for limit to FOS’ monetary jurisdiction which exceeds that of many courts....

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Superannuation

The Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption as specifically referenced union links to super funds as being a factor in its initial report....

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Financial planning

Industry funds are as vertically integrated as anyone else and are guilty of hypocrisy when criticising such structures, according to Fiducian platform head, Patrick Jack...

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