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Australian Securities Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman David Knott says the three and a half year jail sentence handed down to a former Hartley Poynton stockbroker ...

Superannuation

Research commissioned by Norwich Union Life has found members of the employed public are greatly in need of superannuation information, with more than eight in 10 saying ...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned another adviser from the industry, with the banning of Bradley Francis Flynn....

Financial planning

The Financial Services Reform Bill currently before parliament sets out to provide a consistent and comprehensive regulatory framework for our industry. Tom Collins recko...

Financial planning

Former MLC financial adviser Wayne Christopher McNamara has pleaded guilty to 12 counts of false pretences and one count of fraudulent conversion, according to the Austra...

Financial planning

Whispers within the financial services industry seem to suggest that financial planners have something to fear as the financial year ends. However, Kate Kachor discovers ...

Financial planning

Gearing for investment can cover a range of products and strategies. Paul van Rooyen examines gearing in home equity and margin lending as part of a wealth creation strat...

Financial planning

Prominent financial services figure Tony Ash has returned to Sydney as Zurich’s business operations manager, after spending nearly a year as Zurich Personal Financial Ser...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a Canberra financial adviser for life....

Financial planning

As we are all aware, selling is both an art and a science. Explaining the economics is the scientific component, and managing customer emotions and expectations are the a...

Financial planning

InvestorWeb is to introduce a six star rating system for managed funds early next month....

Financial planning

Former Garrisons financial planner Phillip John Maguire has been banned from acting as a financial adviser due to bankruptcy....

Financial planning

The proportion of self directed investors is on the wane, according to a new study by Macquarie Investment Management....

Financial planning

Investors objecting to the Waltus property syndicate merger have had their case thrown out of the Court of Appeal....

Financial planning

Property investment group Waltus will continue with its plans to merge 27 of its syndicates into one company, following the refusal of New Zealand’s High Court to issue a...

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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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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...

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Six of the seven listed financial advice licensees have reported positive share price growth in 2024, with AMP and Insignia successfully reversing earlier losses. ...

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Specialist wealth platform provider Mason Stevens has become the latest target of an acquisition as it enters a binding agreement with a leading Sydney-based private equi...

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