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Financial planning

ASIC pursues charges against Westpoint directors, Norman Carey and Graeme Rundle....

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Financial planning

ASIC has called for companies to provide more clarity on remuneration arrangements for their directors and executives....

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Financial planning

A group of investors in the distressed Premium Income Fund (PIF) have commenced urgent legal action against Brisbane-based fund manager Wellington Capital and its directo...

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Financial planning

A $29 million class action on behalf of Fincorp investors will go ahead after being granted approval by the Federal Court of Australia on Friday....

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Editorial

Frequent changes in the law mean compliance issues can often be a legal minefield. Here, lawyers David Court, Sonnie Bailey and Kathryn Wardrobe answer three frequently a...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has granted extended relief for market makers wishing to hedge risk by short selling securities....

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Financial planning

A Victorian family who allege they lost $400,000 due to flawed investment advice is suing Morgan Stanley Smith Barney....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called upon the Treasury to restrict the use of the term 'financial planner' under law. ...

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Financial planning

Former Fincorp CEO and chairman Eric Krecichwost has been jailed for three and a half years....

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Editorial

Paul Derham explains the important role a compliance committee plays in reducing regulatory and operational risk for licensees....

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Financial planning

More than 5,000 investors who have lost money through collapsed Fincorp Investments may be eligible for compensation under a proposed settlement scheme negotiated by Slat...

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Financial planning

The FPA has responded to the ISN's claims of a 'crisis of confidence' with the financial planning industry by encouraging planning clients to ensure advice they receive i...

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Funds management

A former Gold Coast property developer has been committed to stand trial for fraud, having raised about $2.2 million from Australian investors in an unregistered managed ...

Editorial

Mike Taylor reports that the former chief justice of the High Court, Sir Anthony Mason, has pointed to the legislative challenges facing the Government in delivering an e...

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Financial planning

A Perth-based property funds responsible entity has had its AFSL cancelled by ASIC....

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So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...

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So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...

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The decision whether to proceed with a $100 million settlement for members of the buyer of last resort class action against AMP has been decided in the Federal Court....

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