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

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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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Financial planning

NAB has paid $10,200 in fines after ASIC found the bank made misleading statements in its annuity term deposit PDS....

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Financial planning

AMP chief executive, Craig Meller says self-interested parties are seeking to dumb down advice to just product selection....

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Life/Risk

Some major insurers have been guilty of subjecting policy-holders to undue stress at claims time, according to Money Management columnist, Col Fullagar....

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Financial planning

Fear is stopping financial planning organisations from notifying the corporate regulator of breaches in their business rather than poor culture, The Fold said....

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Financial planning

ASIC has flagged a crack-down on breach reporting with particular emphasis on high risk licensees with poor cultures....

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Financial planning

ASIC acknowledges that vertical integration gives rise to conflicts of interest but acknoweldges that scale has benefits....

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Financial planning

ASIC tells of man banned as a planner but still operating as an accountant and providing tax advice....

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