A professional year entrant says they were blown away to learn hairdressing used to require more training than advice as the standards authority says the industry is now ...
The Australian Fixed Interest Index and Australian Corporate Fixed Interest Index managed funds and exchange traded funds will have their fees reduced....
The draft legislation for the Better Advice Bill has outlined the Financial Services and Credit Panel will convene on serious matters, but the Association of Financial Ad...
The law should protect licensees reporting other licensees under the new breach reporting regime given it will not be anonymous, according to Holley Nethercote....
The corporate regulator is expected to look closely at conflicts of interests for in-house managed account fees but conflicts of interest are easy to avoid, according to ...
The Government does not deserve credit for fixing “no brainer” issues in the industry and needs to acknowledge that it can regulate an industry out of existence, accordin...
A whitepaper from Ignition Advice has dispelled the myths regarding digital advice take-up, including concerns the corporate regulation will not find it compliant....
The MFS Global New Discovery Trust, which has been available in the US since 2011, will now be available to Australian and New Zealand investors....
Dugald Higgins has been promoted to the expanded role of head of responsible investment and real assets....
The draft legislation will codify the obligation for superannuation trustees to have a retirement income strategy which outlines how they plan to assist their members....
Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...
Six of the seven listed financial advice licensees have reported positive share price growth in 2024, with AMP and Insignia successfully reversing earlier losses. ...
A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....