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Financial planning

Commodity derivative exchange the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has been granted a clearing and settlement (CS) facilities licence....

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Financial planning

Synchron has warned that independent licensees are under threat from double taxation as State treasuries pursue payroll tax....

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Life/Risk

Australians impacted by the collapse of debenture insurer, Provident Capital Limited, are being invited to take part in a class action suit against the business’ trustee....

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Financial planning

The founder and director of the responsible entity for two MISs which were wound up owing around $200 million is fined $10,000 for failing to assist the liquidators....

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Superannuation

A senior Liberal Senator has asked ASIC whether union-based superannuation liaison officers are providing advice....

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Financial planning

Consumers are unlikely to understand the term ‘independent advice’ and its use will help in the management of conflicts of interest according to KPMG....

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Funds management

Regulatory changes to the Corporations Act intended to drive up the retail corporate bond market will not make a huge difference, according to industry insiders....

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Accounting

A Melbourne accountant has been jailed for five years and eight months for operating 21 unregistered managed investment schemes relating to property development....

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Superannuation

The regulatory or consumer benefits for superannuation funds to report portfolio holdings has not been demonstrated by the Federal Government according to a leading legal...

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Funds management

Van Eyk has temporarily suspended applications and redemptions on a number of its Blueprint funds....

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Financial planning

The level of proportionate liability for the actions of planners and licensees has been made uncertain after the Federal Court contradicted itself in recent ruling....

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Financial planning

Brisbane-based financial planning practice Tupicoffs has become one of the few Australian planning firms to sign a Declaration of Independence, proclaiming it free of all...

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Financial planning

A former financial planner who is serving a 13-year prison sentence has been permanently banned from providing financial services and engaging in credit activity by the A...

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Policy & Regulation

The FSC says the Government’s FOFA changes announcement means its time to end the scare-mongering. ...

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Policy & Regulation

Senate Committee recommends FOFA amendments be passed but Greens and Labor Senators object to all the suggested changes....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

1 month 3 weeks ago

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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Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year....

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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