The FSC has suggested removing the ‘default’ super option to give employees greater opportunity to choose their own default super funds....
The default super system was created under significantly different circumstances in the 1980s and does not suit the current robust regulatory environment, according to De...
The ABA said today the industry’s Code of Banking Practice was on track to be finalised by the end of the 2017, which it said was ambitious but necessary....
Disappointing results from ASIC’s inspection of audits by audit firms have led the corporate regulator to urge audit firms to find new and revised strategies to improve a...
Platform provider, Powerwrap, has raised a further $19.4 million in capital from existing and new investors as it looks to list on the ASX later this year. ...
Regulations for intra-fund advice should be modified to enable mass recommendations to millions of super members on their retirement, perhaps even through carve-outs....
ASIC has permanently banned a former AMP Financial Planning adviser from providing financial services for failing to comply with the best interests duty....
The corporate regulator has issued an instrument that would temporarily extend time to provide statements of advice for urgent superannuation advice....
The discussion around CIPRs or the MyRetirement framework should focus on a ‘solution’ rather than ‘product’, while low-cost digital advice solutions should be a key com...
Countplus has appointed former Deloitte Board of Partners member, Catherine Hill, to its board effective today....
Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....
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 ...
Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....
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....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...