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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of 42-planner dealer group Morrison-Carr and permanently banned its sole director Dennis Cardakaris from providing financial services....

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Financial planning

ASIC has imposed a five-year ban on Sydney businessman Leigh Barker for misleading investors and losing $12.5 million....

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Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL and national credit license of 42-planner dealer group Morrison Carr Financial Services....

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Financial planning

ASIC has frozen $3.4 million in funds held by Investment Intelligence Corporation amid suspicion it operated without an AFSL....

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Financial planning

A former director of a purported investment company has pleaded guilty to three criminal charges following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigati...

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Superannuation

On the back of changes announced as part of the FOFA guidelines, My Adviser has announced the launch of a specialist authority to enable accountants to continue to recomm...

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Financial planning

Rather than getting hung-up on fees, planners should focus on providing sound financial advice and adding value, says Custom Wealth Solutions chief executive Chris Appley...

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Accounting

Dealer group My Adviser has announced the launch of a specialist package for accountants, which it claims will go beyond the proposed legislation....

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Superannuation

Institute of Chartered Accountants CEO Lee White sees challenges and positives in the new limited licensing regime replacing the accountants' exemption....

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Financial planning

ASIC has formed an agreement with New Zealand's FMA which will allow advisers trained in Australia to have their qualifications recognised in New Zealand and vice versa....

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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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Superannuation

SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery believes the new licensing regime set to replace the accountants' exemption would create a bigger role for the association....

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Accounting

Two key accounting bodies, CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, have interpreted the Government's conditional licensing regime as a mean...

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Superannuation

The deepening use of social media for member communication is pushing superannuation funds closer to transgressing the legal frameworks set in place to govern general and...

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