PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the AFSLs of seven licensees who did not have adequate professional indemnity insurance....

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Financial planning

ASIC points to so far modest take-up of limited AFSL and the emergence of concerning trends around RG 146 completion and professional indemnity....

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Financial planning

Melbourne boutique to offer dealer services to small planning groups and self-employed planners...

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Financial planning

Investors who were encouraged to invest in what a Federal Court judge called “a Ponzi scheme” will have to pay 30 per cent of the costs of their financial adviser’s appea...

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Financial planning

A recent successful appeal regarding liability in a long running case involving WealthSure has created clarity around about the potential extent of liability in cases of ...

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Financial planning

FOS states failure of members to pay determinations is structural issue as millions remain to be paid to consumers....

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Editorial

If financial planners were given a choice between the model underpinning the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal and that underpinning the Financial Ombudsman Service, wha...

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Financial planning

Planners and accountants unlikely to take each other’s work due to workloads involved. ...

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Financial planning

Centrepoint Alliance to assist planners gain their own licence and secure PI cover ...

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Financial planning

The actions of external dispute resolution entities has served to impact both the cost and availability of professional indemnity insurance. ...

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Financial planning

The increasing complexity of financial services legislation is responsible for the growing levels of frivolous legal claims against planners. ...

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Financial planning

The AFA wants the Financial Systems Review to encompass both PI and the external dispute resolution processes....

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Financial planning

Government inquiry urged to consider cumulative effect of regulatory change, effectiveness of dispute resolution schemes and introduction of self-regulation....

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Editorial

A close reading of the submissions so far lodged with the Senate Committee investigating the operations of ASIC suggests the newly-elected Abbott Government will be right...

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Editorial

The Federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey, has signalled a “son of Wallis” review of the Australian financial system and, as Mike Taylor writes, the industry is already starting ...

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