FSCP

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

Financial planning

Two advisers have received reprimands from the Financial Services and Credit Panel after falling short of their CPD requirements....

Financial planning

A financial adviser has been given a reprimand by the FSCP for contraventions under the Corporations Act regarding superannuation advice....

Financial planning

The Financial Services and Credit Panel has made a written order to a relevant provider after it gave advice regarding non-concessional contributions. ...

Financial planning

As advisers seek greater insights into FSCP determinations, what are the various options considered by the panel and can a decision be appealed?...

Financial planning

The Financial Services and Credit Panel has made a decision regarding an adviser who failed to complete their continuing professional development. ...

Financial planning

The Financial Services and Credit Panel has made a written direction after advice regarding non-concessional contributions meant an individual was forced to withdraw over...

Financial planning

ASIC was active in the first quarter of 2025 with several financial adviser bannings and court action, while the FSCP also handed down outcomes to advisers....

Financial planning

The regulator has convened multiple sitting panels of the FSCP regarding AFSL breach reports which have identified poor superannuation advice from financial advisers....

Financial planning

The Financial Services and Credit Panel has cancelled the registration of an NSW adviser for two years as it felt he displayed a ‘level of incompetence’ in providing advi...

Financial planning

Advice around a client’s concessional contribution cap was the reason for the latest written direction by the Financial Services and Credit Panel....

Financial planning

A relevant provider has received a written direction from the Financial Services and Credit Panel after a superannuation rollover resulted in tax bill of over $200,000 fo...

Financial planning

The FSCP has issued its second written reprimand this week against an adviser who provided incorrect advice to clients regarding the non-concessional cap....

Financial planning

The Financial Services and Credit Panel has delivered a written reprimand to an adviser that it said failed to ensure their client understood their CGT liability....

Financial planning

Nick Hilton, newly appointed as executive general manager for advice delivery at Entireti following the AMP acquisition, is among seven individuals stepping back from the...

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