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Financial planning

A Melbourne-based derivatives dealer is being prosecuted by ASIC following an investigation into suspected misleading and deceptive conduct....

Financial planning

A joint move by ASIC and APRA to suspend Trio Capital (formerly Astarra Capital) as trustee of four superannuation funds and a pooled super trust generated significant co...

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Financial planning

A futures trader sentenced to six years in jail has lost an appeal against the severity of the sentence....

Editorial

The inclusion of bonds in investment portfolios is a good way to guard against equity risk, writes Stephen Hart....

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People & Products

Industry Funds Management chief executive Brett Himbury has boosted the company’s business development team with the appointment of Umberto Mecchi as executive dire...

Financial planning

Another Chartwell director faces jail after pleading guilty to 47 charges involving $21 million....

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Financial planning

The increasing take up of intra-fund advice will be one of the contributing factors to the 9.5 per cent predicted growth of the total risk insurance market by 2025, accor...

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Funds management

Although exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been gaining significant traction ever since the global financial crisis, investors should be fully aware of their capabilities...

Financial planning

Academic urges development of new tertiary-based minimum standards for financial planners....

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Financial planning

The former director of Power Financial Planning, who dealt in Westpoint products, has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment....

People & Products

A week after being acquired by Nikko Asset Management, Tyndall Investments has begun reshuffling its team....

People & Products

AMP Financial Services has reshuffled some of its senior management as it creates new roles to support a new operating model for its advice businesses....

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Superannuation

A new strategy has been modelled that will allow clients who have hit the superannuation concessional contribution caps to continue to add to super....

Financial planning

Provisio’s Cameron O’Sullivan has argued that ‘short-termism’ represents a major problem in dealing with proposed opt-in arrangements....

Financial planning

Provisio's Cameron O'Sullivan has argued that 'short-termism' represents a major problem in dealing with proposed opt-in arrangements....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months 3 weeks ago

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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