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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has appointed a provisional liquidator to listed financial services group Harts Australasia, after receiving a...

Financial planning

Financial services group Harts Australasia has said it will strenuously defend yesterday’s appointment of a provisional liquidator to wind up the group by the Australian ...

People & Products

Well known financial planning figure Gwen Fletcher has been confirmed as the chair of the board and president of the newly formed Association of Financial Service Educato...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today released the next addition to its policy proposal papers (PPP) on licensing and administrative issues of...

Financial planning

The Australian Securites and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a New South Wales securities representative and jailed a Queensland insurance broker, in its latest ...

Financial planning

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) senior executive Shane Tregillis, who was closely involved with the development of ASIC policy papers in response ...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has come out in support of the Financial Services Reform Bill (FSRB) in the wake of criticism of it by a Parliamentary Joint Stat...

Superannuation

AM Corporation has gone live with a new electronic form designed to speed up applications for superannuation, which until last week, needed to be processed on paper forms...

Financial planning

In recent weeks, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has taken a hard line against some of the industry’s most high profile dealer groups....

Financial planning

Connelly Temple has been pulled up by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) over the wording of a brochure promoting its range of life in-surance prod...

Financial planning

The race for the hearts and minds of financial planners looking to upgrade skills and qualifications has turned up a notch with the entrance of a partnership between Zuri...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently issued a warning, telling investors and advisers to be aware of the pitfalls of share trading systems...

Financial planning

There is no computer software that can make you ‘get rich quick’, so don’t be fooled by sales hype and inflated claims, says Director of the Australian Securities and Inv...

Financial planning

Real estate agents will be regulated under the same regime as financial advisers when offering financial advice to clients....

Financial planning

Australian Investors Forum Limited (AIF) has agreed to cease all investment advi-sory activities following action taken by Australian Securities and Investments Commissio...

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