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The Australian Securites and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a New South Wales securities representative and jailed a Queensland insurance broker, in its latest ...

People & Products

Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has joined the rush to provide hedge funds to investors with the roll out of its own product, the BGI equity market neutral fund....

People & Products

Former Mercantile Mutual managing director Rodney Atfield has joined the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) as an independent member of the Board....

Financial planning

Count is to launch its second dealer group, Compound Investments, at this year’s Financial Planning Association conference in Brisbane in November....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a BNP Paribas telecommunications analyst from acting as a representative of a securities dealer for...

Financial planning

Management software specialist IQMS believes it has released the first attempt by a software provider to tackle the complete compliance burden associated with the Financi...

Financial planning

Former Tyndall Australia managing director Rod Hunwick has taken over the reigns as chairman and executive director of Deakin Financial Services, following the resignatio...

People & Products

AMP Financial Services has appointed Victor Sumsky to the position of dealer group services manager in its advice and services division....

Funds management

In preparation for the roll out of retail and wholesale fund of funds hedge funds later this year, Colonial First State has appointed as its hedge funds consultants, Harc...

Financial planning

The reputation of mortgage schemes and their promoters have taken another hit with a Melbourne businessman being sentenced to five years jail on four charges relating to ...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has stepped up its support for the introduction of the proposed growth pension, to fill the existing gap in the m...

Financial planning

Corporate super and financial planning outfit Crewe Consulting has acquired Consolidated Planning in a move to raise its corporate superannuation profile....

Funds management

More than $30 billion has been invested in the burgeoning syndicated property market in the past three years, according to a new report by Property Investment Research (P...

Financial planning

The husband and wife directors of a Gold Coast-based agri-business investment company have been forced to repay investors more than $100,000, after an olive scheme failed...

Financial planning

Nick Bedding is to take over from David Catchpole in the top job at Tasmanian financial planning and stockbroking firm Shadforths....

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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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