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Financial planning

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft defends ASIC’s record, claiming the media misunderstands the regulator’s relationship with the AFP....

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Financial planning

Existing levels of adviser education should be considered a pathway to degree level qualification....

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Financial planning

Planners remain immobile as they await Treasury clarity on grandfathering. ...

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Funds management

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has changed the definition of ‘hedge fund’ in a bid to tighten disclosure requirements for higher-risk schemes...

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Funds management

ASIC confirms GTL TradeUp has entered liquidation....

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Financial planning

Perth-based Chambers Investment Partners has had its Australian financial services licence cancelled after the company failed to obtain professional indemnity insurance a...

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Superannuation

Super funds warn that customer due diligence will unreasonably tie up resources....

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Financial planning

FPA to make submission around transparency and consistency of dispute resolution scheme....

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Financial planning

ASIC claims to have been misinterpreted and that it will now consider matters relating to the RBA/Iraq bribery allegations....

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Life/Risk

Licensees using PI insurance to stop free movement of advisers to competitors....

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Accounting

A Queensland accountant who helped his clients avoid paying more than a million dollars in tax has been sentenced to six years in prison. ...

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Financial planning

ASX chairman Rick Holliday-Smith has congratulated the two ASX board members who stood down last week....

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Financial planning

Lawyers target planners as ASIC says PI is a risk management tool rather than a consumer protection mechanism....

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Editorial

Milana Pokrajac takes a look at the troubled dealer group WealthSure, its history and its plan to change what the regulator deemed a bad compliance culture. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC announces EU for Spring Financial Group ahead of Federal Court proceedings against an AR....

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