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A Victorian man has been charged with fraud after he allegedly coaxed investors to refinance their self-managed super funds and/or homes to fund his property development ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has secured an interim order preventing Vault Market Pty Ltd and its director, MD Anamul Amin, from carrying on a financial services business without an Australian F...

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Accounting

Accountants are not having the necessary conversations on what is going to happen to their ability to give advice on self-managed super funds (SMSF) after July 2016, an a...

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Financial planning

ASIC permanently bans adviser after finding he disbursed client funds to parties related to the adviser....

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Financial planning

A $200 million class action could be brought against the Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom on behalf of thousands of investors who claim they lost money due to “ba...

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Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the licence of a subsidiary of the collapsed Banksia Financial Group but will continue investigation...

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Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Parramatta-based insurance broker WD Gelle Insurance and Finance Brokers Pty Ltd....

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Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the licence of a CBA-owned advice group, the second in a month, following a request from the bank. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has suspended the licence of failed debenture issuer and mortgage lender Provident Capital Limited....

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Financial planning

For advisers planning a change of scenery this year, it’s worth plotting out a roadmap to determine whether aligned or non-aligned groups would best suit their goals, wri...

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Accounting

Accountants are grossly miscalculating the cost of licensing their own SMSF advice business, with many expecting to pay around an eighth of the actual cost....

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Financial planning

Regulator permanently bans former authorised representative and director of an investment trustee for misleading and deceptive conduct....

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Financial planning

Planners and accountants unlikely to take each other’s work due to workloads involved. ...

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Financial planning

Business of securities adviser subject to an enforceable undertaking has licence cancelled....

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Financial planning

Centrepoint Alliance to assist planners gain their own licence and secure PI cover ...

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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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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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