EDITORIAL

While ASIC is right to pursue more timely breach reporting by financial planning firms it should acknowledge that the vast majority more than live up to their obligations...

Restoring confidence in the financial advice profession has become a catch cry for institutions recently, but the reality of the proposal is still a way off, Amelia Const...

Alternative investments, like hedge funds, can be seamlessly blended into portfolios, but the trick is to remember they are not an asset class in their own right, Andrew ...

Investors who take a business-owner approach and shut out market noise are in the best position to distinguish between price and value, Julian Morrison writes. ...

In an increasingly competitive advice space, planners could benefit from ditching benchmarks in favour of goals-based investment, Craig Keary writes. ...

With regulatory change shining a spotlight on fees, platform providers are under increased pressure to justify their value. Perhaps innovation is the key to retaining adv...

The concerns expressed by FOS on the renaming of “general advice” overlook the importance of creating a clear separation between advice and product sales....

The risk market has bounced back from six months of sluggish activity with growth across both the individual and group sectors, research has confirmed. ...

The major institutions are right to take the lead on lifting educational standards in the financial planning space....

While ASIC continues to press for more powers with respect to bank management staff and product design, Mike Taylor writes that the real answer lies in successfully separ...

In the third in this series on equity investing, Hugh Young discusses the importance of fair treatment of shareholders....

A quick look at Australia's changing demographic profile raises many questions about the future for the retirement market, but also shows the hunt for dividend yield is f...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months 3 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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