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We did a "pretty good job" in CBA planning case: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) commissioner Greg Tanzer believes that the regulator "did a pretty good job" in dealing with the Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFP) case that prompted a Senate inquiry into the overall performance ...

Whistleblower claims the existence of 100 CBA rogue advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Former Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser and whistleblower Jeffrey Morris has "no doubt" that a proper investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) would reveal at least 100 current or former rogue CBA advisers. ...

ASIC far too slow to act on misconduct: Senator

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been "far too slow to act" on misconduct in the financial services industry, Nationals senator John Williams told Financial Standard. Yesterday Williams introduced a motion into Parliament ...

Planner numbers drop on FoFA changes

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
Overall numbers of financial planners have dropped by 2% from a 2012 high point of 18,545 in 2012 according to recent Rainmaker research. According to the research there are currently 18,096 planners in Australia, with a loss of 450 from 2012. "On the ...

Commonwealth Financial Planning restructures adviser remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
Commonwealth Financial Planning has announced the restructure of its adviser remuneration packages. As part of the changes it has removed trail commissions for advisers on managed investments and platforms. Insurance renewal revenue will be shared at ...

Another Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser banned

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
ASIC has permanently banned a former Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited financial planner from providing any financial services after it found he forged client signatures and failed to comply with financial services laws. Ricky David Gillespie ...

Macquarie to sell COIN

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
Macquarie Banking and Financial Services has signed a conditional agreement for the sale of COIN Software to Rubik Financial Limited. Under the agreement, COIN will be separated into two financial software offerings, with Macquarie retaining the majority ...

Commonwealth FP adviser banned

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Australian Securities & Investments Commission has accepted an enforceable undertaking from former Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited (CFPL) employee, Joe Chan, after he was found to have failed to meet adviser obligations. Australian Securities ...

CFP adviser offers ASIC EU

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a former Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser, including a five year ban. A former Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited (CFPL) adviser, Christopher Baker of Croydon, NSW, has offered to not provide ...

AAT confirms ASIC planner ban

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has agreed with ASIC's decision to ban former Commonwealth Financial Planner Don Nguyen from providing financial services for seven years. Nguyen of Dulwich Hill, New South Wales, was disqualified by the Australian ...