There is high demand for the features that annuities offer but retirees lacked understanding of annuities, suggesting a need for financial advisers to educate them using ...
A former company director has been sentenced to over two years in jail for fraudulently misappropriating almost $300,000 of investor funds in a property development in Qu...
Money would be better spent on the corporate regulator to tackle issues facing financial advice rather than pinpointing those issues in a Royal Commission, the AFA said....
An application from ASIC has led to two developer companies facing liquidation for knowingly partaking in schemes that led to misappropriation of investors’ funds. ...
New educational standards and the impact of losses during the GFC and on the ASX could see adviser numbers drop in the short-to-medium-term, according to the AFA....
Financial advisers need to look outside their usual circle of influence to boost their business performance and be open to new innovations and change....
More clients are going directly to stockbrokers for margin loans, while margin debt in the broker channel is almost on par with the financial planner channel....
Legislation to enshrine super may seem like a backward step but it will help the system move forward, prevent constant tinkering, and provide certainty for future reforms...
ISA has supported calls for a Royal Commission into banks, arguing banks’ policies suit their vertically integrated business models....
ASIC has released a consultation paper on guidance for robo-advice providers, highlighting that licensees should appoint human advisers to monitor and test digital advice...
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 ...
ASIC has cancelled a Sydney AFSL for failing to pay a $64,000 AFCA determination related to inappropriate advice, which then had to be paid by the CSLR. ...
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,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...