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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has capped off a busy year with the announcement that it has banned 30 advisers and jailed 25 people it descri...

Financial planning

The best way for financial advisers to tackle the 1200 page long Financial Services Reform Act is one bite at a time says Clayton Utz’s director of financial services Kar...

Financial planning

AMP Financial Services managing director Andrew Mohl has been re-elected to his second term as chairman of the board of directors for the Investment and Financial Service...

Financial planning

Growing interest in investing has also called attention to some less than professional practices. Tom Collins argues that in the public’s eye planner renumeration may fal...

Financial planning

The issue of planner renumeration is one which has been at the centre of debate for quite some time. Most planners with some time in the industry will be aware that the s...

Financial planning

The financial services industry has little to fear from the re-election of a Howard Liberal Government notwithstanding the fact that the Minister for Financial Services, ...

Superannuation

The Financial Services sector would notice little immediate difference if the Australian Labor Party took office after November 10. Why? Because the ALP believes that the...

Policy & Regulation

The Minister for Financial Services Joe Hockey has labelled the superannuation surcharge as a bad tax but says it was necessary to cover some budget shortfalls inherited ...

Financial planning

In recent weeks the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been particularly active in the prosecution of its duties in the financial services indust...

Financial planning

The introduction of new privacy rules in December still holds uncertainty for parts of the industry, as ground rules are yet to be laid. Mike Taylor looks at the effects ...

Financial planning

Fund Managers are caught in relationship crossfire. The demand for greater performance and transparency is gathering momentum. Consumers and key players in the food chain...

Financial planning

The investment watchdog will not stand in the way of any financial planning group or master trust operator who charges fund managers a fee to appear on their recommended ...

Financial planning

The New Zealand Securities Commission is proposing much tougher disclosure rules for investment advisers, including giving itself the power to ban advisers....

Financial planning

The Financial Services Reform Bill (FSRB) will alter the landscape in which agribusiness has to work. John Wilkinson reports on how the new rules will impact this investm...

Superannuation

Tax strategies linked to superannuation are growing in popularity but have also been identified by the Australian Tax Office as an area of concern. Rob Keavney questions ...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

4 months 1 week ago

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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One licensee has lost 27 advisers in the past week, now sitting at zero, according to the latest Wealth Data figures....

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