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Mike Taylor writes that 2019 proved challenging for the financial advice industry not least because of the Royal Commission and the Government’s determination to impleme...

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Policy & Regulation

In a bid to lift regulatory burden on super funds the two regulators are looking to share data for areas of common interest....

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Financial planning

ASIC has imposed additional conditions to improve governance and conflicts management after considering Royal Commission concerns....

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Policy & Regulation

A key parliamentary committee chairman has challenged the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on whether it was trying to scare people with its self-managed ...

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Policy & Regulation

Ben Jayaweera has been found guilty of six charges of dishonestly causing detriment to clients, involving approximately $5.9 million....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has issued a warning to firms seeking to operate under a ‘general advice’ model....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has flagged a surveillance exercise around life/risk advice to back up its assessment of the Life Insurance Framework...

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Policy & Regulation

Nicholas James Ellis has been sentenced for making false or misleading statements to obtain money from clients and fraudulent misappropriation of client funds....

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has identified eight red flags which would make it ‘extremely unlikely’ for an investor to gain any advantage from us...

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that while the critics of asset-based fees paint them as being as inappropriate as commissions, the commercial evidence suggests their use fills an imp...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has acknowledged the likelihood of an advice gap, particularly for lower income earners, but is looking to superannua...

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Policy & Regulation

Peter Goudie has been banned by ASIC for prioritising his own interest over his clients’ and not providing SOAs....

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Financial planning

New research undertaken by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed that consumers who use advisers actually value them, but that the industry r...

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Policy & Regulation

Former Adelaide financial adviser James Gibbs has been sentenced for 10 years imprisonment to theft and other dishonesty offences, totalling approximately $4.88 million....

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Policy & Regulation

Superannuation funds who encourage low balance members not to opt out of insurance inside super have been placed on notice by the Australian Securities and Investments Co...

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