The AFA will release its Financial Advice Competency Framework at its conference this week, in which it outlines the skills and attributes required by advisers....
ASIC has released its Cost Recovery Implementation Statement outlining its estimated regulatory costs in 2017/18 as part of the industry funding model. ...
FOS has received a record number of disputes in the 2016/17 year, driven mainly by general insurance which made up 38 per cent of the increase....
Fidelity International has announced plans to introduce a variable management fee model in its active equity capabilities....
The TPB is inviting submissions from recognised professional associations on a draft information sheet on corporate governance....
IOOF has completed the acquisition of National Australia Trustees Limited by its trustee business, AET, after entering into an agreement with NAB in June....
Planners are switching insurers at record levels, while many advisers are seeking additional support to expand their life insurance advice....
Advisers may be unaware their TPB registration expires at the end of October, warning them they may put their business at risk....
Most Australians trusted their financial adviser over their financial institutions, while there was disconnect between their risk appetite and expected returns....
Financial advisers could explore workplace super as an opportunity to grow their client base and revenue stream and become the point of employee contact....
Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year....
A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...
Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...