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A broker will refund $477,900 to 2000 consumers after the corporate regulator found it had charged consumers a brokerage fee when it was not allowed to....
Financial planning
FPA chief executive, Mark Rantall, has expressed disappointment that the ASIC chairman’s comments impacted the entire profession....
Life/Risk
Risk commissions may be a mis-match for best interests duties, with the current product-driven framework incentivising insurance options that could distract advisers from...
Policy & Regulation
The FPA has urged a facilitative approach from ASIC as planners seek to comply with the Senate imposed FOFA reversal....
Financial planning
Another new start-up hoping to be the TripAdvisor of the financial advice space is encouraging advisers to use its platform to cash in on the poor service of their counte...
Accounting
The Federal Government has released draft legislation to employ the first phase of reforms to streamline Australia’s personal bankruptcy and corporate insolvency rules....
Financial planning
A former adviser who pleaded guilty to misappropriating $1.9 million of clients' funds has had her sentence reduced by almost four years. ...
Financial planning
The financial advisers’ register is missing key bits of information, defeating the purpose of the register to make information transparent to consumers....
Financial planning
van Eyk’s creditors have voted to liquidate the company, as papers are drawn up for two potential buyers. ...
Financial planning
van Eyk’s administrator has recommended winding up the research house, ahead of a meeting tomorrow to determine the company’s fate. ...
Financial planning
Perpetual will offer its first listed investment company (LIC) in October and will aim to attract investors with a 'two for one’ share option in the newly launched ventur...
Financial planning
ASIC’s proposal to include financial literacy in the education system is a good one but financial literacy has to start at home from the parents, a personal loan speciali...
Financial planning
Proposals to introduce a ‘restricted advice’ label would help to bring transparency to the financial advice consumers Infocus managing director Rod Bristow believes....
Funds management
Uncertainty lingers around OTC derivatives reporting for financial entities with less than $50 billion outstanding, a law firm partner believes....
Financial planning
Consumers are unlikely to understand the term ‘independent advice’ and its use will help in the management of conflicts of interest according to KPMG....
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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...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...