PETER KELL

Financial planning

With next week’s FOFA event having sold out, Money Management is now offering a webstream....

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Financial planning

The regulator has provided a checklist of code content that would obviate the need for complying with opt-in....

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Financial planning

In what promises to be one of the most comprehensive debates around the shape of the financial planning industry in a Federal election year, Money Management has joined w...

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Editorial

It is now nearly a month since the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, announced that the 2013 Federal Election would be held on 14 September – and despite her suggestions to ...

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Editorial

With scores of financial planners changing dealer groups, Mike Taylor writes that it is important for those doing the recruiting to undertake the necessary due diligence ...

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Superannuation

A former self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) adviser has received concurrent suspended sentences of 18-months' imprisonment for obtaining financial advantage by decep...

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Policy & Regulation

The implementation of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms looks set to remain "medium soft" until 1 July 2014, according to Shadow Treasurer Mathias Cormann. ...

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Financial planning

Vero confirms its selective approach on planner PI while Cormann queries current regime. ...

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Financial planning

AFA canvasses concept that two-tiered code of conduct with ethics and providing good advice is more important than obviating opt-in....

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Financial planning

Guardian Advice is set to provide refuge to a few “high quality planners” from AAA Financial Intelligence, whose license was recently cancelled by ASIC....

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Financial planning

ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell said dealer group AAA Financial Intelligence had an “appalling record” when it comes to ensuring the advice provided was fair and honest....

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Financial planning

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its intention to leave intra-fund advice out of the FOFA adviser charging regime....

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Financial planning

An investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has led to the conviction of a former NSW-based mortgage broker....

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Life/Risk

Former director of insurance broker offers enforceable undertaking to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)....

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Editorial

A small number of bad apples in the financial services industry once again managed to attract significant attention in 2012....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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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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