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Adviser required to give up authorised representative status...

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Financial planning

A new ASIC report has revealed how the regulator is allowing or rejecting planner remuneration arrangements....

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Accounting

ASIC data reveals the accountants’ limited licensing regime is already gaining traction....

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Financial planning

New research suggests one in four financial services firms running core systems on legacy technology....

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Funds management

ASIC has released information on how credit licensees should be using its MoneySmart calculator to provide reverse mortgage equity projections to clients....

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Superannuation

The Superannuation Complaints Tribunal has acknowledged the existence of a backlog of complaints....

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Financial planning

SFG Australia has officially launched a licensee service model in response to growing demand for back-end support from boutique Australian Financial Services Licensees. ...

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Superannuation

The requirement to hold an AFSL when providing advice should extend to SMSF property spruikers, says ASFA....

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Funds management

Australian hedge funds have been given a clean bill of health by ASIC largely because most investors are institutional....

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Financial planning

ASIC has acknowledged an Abbott Federal Government’s intended amendments to FOFA but will not be altering its approach until they become law....

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Financial planning

APRA warns lenders against letting the current low interest rate environment drive up unsustainable housing credit....

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Financial planning

Australia’s growing “class action mentality” and the emergence of litigation funders have created fertile ground for claims against participants in the financial services...

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Superannuation

SPAA has welcomed ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer’s acknowledgement of the important role advisers play in the SMSF sector....

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Financial planning

FOFA regulations require planners to outline platform and investment choices in SOAs....

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Financial planning

ASIC to keep watching brief for 18 months over Anne Street Partners Financial Services....

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