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Advisers reprimanded over fee-for-no-service conduct

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2026
... adviser's licensee. As a result, the panel said the relevant provider contravened s921E(3) of the Corporations Act 2001, and the Code of Ethics 's values of trustworthiness and diligence and breached Standards 2 and 7. In a separate determination, an ...

Treasury mulls increased powers for TPB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... suspensions of registration in certain circumstances. It also seeks to introduce new civil penalties for breaches of the Code of Professional Conduct by registered tax practitioners and false or misleading statements by unregistered preparers. Th consult ...

Strengthen Life Code for mental health crisis, claims handling: Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
The Life Insurance Code of Practice should be strengthened to reflect the growing mental health crisis, better support vulnerable customers and improve the claims-handling process. These are the key themes that emerged in the newly published Life Insurance ...

Concerns raised over super switching consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
Financial services consultant Ben Walsh has called out concerns with Treasury's super switching consultation, saying parts of it miss the mark. Walsh said the consultation focuses on "the 'switch' as the point of failure" while ignoring a "massive 'user ...

TPB consults on AI usage rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... clients and must ensure that services are provided to a competent standard. To comply with the competency requirements in the Code of Professional Conduct and Determination 62/2026, tax practitioners must exercise their own professional judgement when ...

Adviser reprimanded over clients' loss of cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... financial services law and therefore also didn't comply with Standard 5 (client care) or Standard 9 (quality process) of the Code of Ethics. The laws the adviser is said to have breached were s961B(1), s961G, s947D, and s921E(3). This means the adviser ...

Chalmers says Budget will make 'hard decisions'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... said. "We're reforming the payments system, abolishing tariffs, cutting red tape and streamlining the National Construction Code. "We're seizing the opportunities from net zero and the digital economy and investing in our human capital - with Free TAFE ...

L1 Group eyes golden returns with new LIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... Group plans to raise up to $1 billion for the new L1 Gold Fund Limited and intends to list it on the ASX with the ticker code LGF. It has invited investors to apply for up to 500,000,000 shares at a price of $2 per share. It expects to commence trading ...

Life insurer sanctioned for invalid access to customer information

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
The Life Insurance Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has sanctioned a life insurer for collecting customers' medical information without valid medical authority for four years. According to the committee, the unnamed insurer collected medical information ...

UK influencers fined over promotion of unauthorised forex scheme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... achieved as many as 35,000 views. Goodger has previously been found to breach the UK's Advertising Standards Authority's code, for the irresponsible promotion of a weight loss supplement which allegedly included editing her waist in photographs. Together ...