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Superannuation

Opposition ridicules Shorten’s efforts to establish a committee to advise on the establishment of a Council of Super Custodians. ...

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Superannuation

ASIC has obtained orders appointing liquidators to MOGS Pty Ltd, which is associated with two Queensland-based self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) companies....

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Financial planning

Storm investors who will receive the $82.5 million settlement from Macquarie Bank will have to acknowledge that the bank did nothing wrong....

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Financial planning

The director of collapsed Brisbane-based Wickham Securities, Bradley Sherwin, has appointed PPB Advisory as voluntary administrator....

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Editorial

A small number of bad apples in the financial services industry once again managed to attract significant attention in 2012....

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Editorial

A recent court ruling is a timely reminder that investment ratings houses are not perfect, writes Mike Taylor. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC action against Queensland-based SMSF advice companies results in measures impacting US-based companies....

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Financial planning

Litigation funder IMF Australia has confirmed further action against S&P and ABN Amro....

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Financial planning

Despite having to pay partial damages to investors who lost millions on structured financial products, LGFS said it was happy with the outcome of the court proceedings. ...

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Financial planning

'Investment regret' may creep into the Australian legal system following the outcome of the class action against Lehman Brothers/Grange Securities, according to Sydney la...

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Financial planning

The Federal Court will decide whether Wellington Capital's decision to distribute shares, rather than cash, to unit holders in Premium Income Fund was legal....

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Financial planning

ASIC has obtained declarations and orders in the South Australian Registry of the Federal Court against Australia AFT Finance Markets....

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Financial planning

City Index Australasia and its director Blair Jason Travers have been found guilty in Melbourne's Federal Court of a cold-calling scam that promised to generate returns f...

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Financial planning

The Tax Practitioners Board has been successful in the first civil penalty case against an unregistered tax agent taken to the Federal Court, according to chair of the bo...

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Financial planning

Derivatives trading director Neil King was banned from the financial services industry for six years after he misled clients into trading with his company....

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