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Financial planning

A Melbourne man, David Foulds, has been placed on an 18-month good behaviour bond and ordered to pay $1,500 to charity after pleading guilty to charges of having breached...

Financial planning

Three giants of the superannuation industry have combined in a bid to tackle the ongoing issue of financial illiteracy after conducting research that found almost 60 per ...

Superannuation

The Federal Government has moved quickly after its October 9 election win to clear the way for the implementation of its retirement incomes policy and has launched a disc...

Financial planning

The Australian Democrats have moved quickly to outline elements of their superannuation policy ahead of next month’s Federal election by announcing a five point plan whic...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association has honoured some of the industry’s leading authorities in technical services, taxation, public policy and administratio...

Financial planning

The Federal Government’s top finance industry advisory group - the Financial Sector Advisory Council - is calling on Australia to resist excessive regulation of the finan...

Superannuation

The Australian Tax Office has issued a stern warning to the 560,000 Australians managing their own super by releasing guidelines clearly outlining instances in which trus...

Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority says it has completed enforcement action against five directors of the former trustee of the Queensland-based Employees Pro...

Financial planning

The Federal Government will extend its provision of financial assistance to victims of superannuation fraud or theft in light of a recent review of part of the Superannua...

Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is ramping up efforts to ensure superannuation trustees comply with the new superannuation licensing regime due to come int...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has given in to long term pressure by lobby groups and the Democrats to offer the same superannuation benefits to same-sex couples in the area of t...

Financial planning

The Federal Court in Brisbane has prevent the trustee of a self-managed superannuation fund from offering any services or advice involvement in a scheme illegally promoti...

Financial planning

A former Godfrey Pembroke financial adviser has pleaded guilty in the Tasmanian Supreme Court to embezzling millions of dollars of client investment assets to fund his ou...

Funds management

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has permanently disqualified two former Harts Australasia executives from the industry for failing to demonstrate du...

People & Products

InTech Research has tempted former Frank Russell consulting director David McMahon out of semi-retirement to join as its director of consulting....

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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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