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FPA points to lack of regulatory information as reason for planner unpreparedness for FOFA. ...
Financial planning
The FPA has written to all members of Parliament stressing the level of unknowns impacting planners in the TASA bill....
Financial planning
Clients with mainly cash holdings not enough to sway ASIC on planner PI requirements....
Funds management
Investors give fund managers thumbs-up for costs, but look for greater disclosure at fund level. ...
Money Choice director Matthew George had his PIPA membership suspended days after the regulator banned him from the industry and cancelled his firm’s credit licence....
Financial planning
The ACCC is conducting a public review into the proposed merger between Perpetual and The Trust Company....
Financial planning
Providing unlicensed SMSF advice was one of the reasons Money Choice had its licence cancelled and its director banned by ASIC....
Financial planning
The case against Westpoint Group directors Norman Carey and Graeme Rundle has officially been dropped by the District Court of Western Australia. ...
Financial planning
ASIC claims it isn’t responsible for preventing investor losses and wants manufacturers to educate investors on complex products....
Financial planning
Research houses will embark on a campaign of actively promoting their compliance with conflict of interest requirements before the 1 September deadline imposed by ASIC RG...
Policy & Regulation
Colonial First State has introduced an FDS capability and completely removed conflicted remuneration from its platforms ahead of the looming FOFA deadline....
Financial planning
Warning that FOFA fee disclosure requirements will create more problems than they fix....
Superannuation
Boutique fund managers are trying to grab a slice of the ever-growing self-managed super fund (SMSF) pie, but some are questioning whether it is worth the effort. ...
Financial planning
In an unusual twist the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a warning calling for consumers to be wary of cold callers claiming to represen...
Financial planning
Financial advisers’ behaviour flagged after complaints of inappropriate advice....
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