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The latest ASIC Market Supervision Report reveals practices amongst securities dealers which might make a planner blush. ...

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Financial planning

An Investment Trends survey conducted two months before FOFA came into effect revealed only 23 per cent of financial planners felt ready....

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Financial planning

ASIC will continue its crackdown on the mis-selling of hybrid securities. ...

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Financial planning

Credit Union Australia (CUA) has agreed to maintain interest rate discounts for eligible home loan customers after concerns were raised about misleading advertisements. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC is proposing to step away from approving training courses for financial advisers, leaving it to education providers to self-assess their own courses....

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Financial planning

Former Lionsgate representative permanently banned....

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Financial planning

Synchron’s John Prossor claims a repeat of the AFS brokerage losses can be avoided by paying advisers without delay....

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Funds management

BOQ hit by $34.5 million in refunds to 4 per cent of its customer base....

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Life/Risk

Life insurance companies and other institutions will receive a 12-month transition period on implementing APRA’s risk management requirements, the regulator has announced...

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Funds management

A former director of Trio who says he departed his role long before the collapse and after citing governance issues has strongly criticised APRA....

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Financial planning

ISN chief David Whiteley has urged the next elected government to give FOFA a chance before abandoning it completely. ...

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Financial planning

APRA has commenced proceedings in the Australian Federal Court seeking the disqualification of former Trio Capital director David Millhouse....

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Financial planning

AFA calls for clarity after Court rules brokerage account not reserved for advisers....

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Superannuation

New research claims industry funds are unlikely to regain their competitive advantage and warns the default fund regime will not benefit employers....

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Financial planning

Regulator releases new rules but states concerns not as serious as first claimed. ...

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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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