Knowledge of when to provide retail clients key documents, identifying breaches, and the code of ethics are key problem areas in what was the worst collective result out ...
This is the lowest pass rate, beating the previous record of 67%, with only two exam sittings remaining this year....
Successful litigation against NAB, Westpac and Dixon Advisory could add enough to the corporate regulators coffers to cover the difference from the reduced levy....
Without the Government’s intervention, levies on financial advice would have increased from $25.6 million in 2017-18 to an estimated $71.4 million in 2020-21....
Outlined in its corporate plan, the Government welcomed the corporate regulator’s embrace of the “deregulation agenda”....
Gillian Wilson has been appointed as portfolio manager of Antares Fixed Income, commencing from 13 September, 2021....
Industry bodies have welcomed the Government’s decision to implement a temporary reduction in cost recovery levies for the next two years, as well as a review of the indu...
This relief would see the corporate regulator’s levy restored to its FY19 level of $1,142 per adviser for the next two years, while the flat per licensee charge would rem...
Some of the CP 332 ‘Promoting access to affordable advice for consumers’ project has been put on hold as the corporate regulator assesses what funding will be needed for ...
The Federal Government will begin consultation on finalising its Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles regime, which aims to benefit foreign investment in Australian m...
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. ...
Specialist wealth platform provider Mason Stevens has become the latest target of an acquisition as it enters a binding agreement with a leading Sydney-based private equi...
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....