The Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Services Technology, Senator Jane Hume has again stopped short of giving any undertaking on ex...

The Government has indicated it is sympathetic to financial advisers trying to do the right thing around the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority requirements...

Mike Taylor writes that the Australian financial advice industry is embarking on a transition which will be completed in 2024 with the result that it will be very differe...

The Association of Financial Advisers has recommended to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that licensees be able to ‘opt-in’ to the recognition of cli...

A total of 53 current bachelor or higher degrees, 66 historical courses and 30 bridging courses are now part of FASEA’s accreditation....

Questions have been asked about how and to what degree advisers will be affected when the Australian Securities and Investments Commission chooses to exercise its product...

The Financial Planning Association, Association of Financial Advisers and other professional association backers will today lodge a formal application with ASIC to operat...

The Federal Government has been warned that its loosely-framed legislation risks forcing clients into worse situations when grandfathering ends....

The Government has imposed the administrative burden of redistributing grandfathered remuneration on product issuers rather than onto financial advisers or licensees....

Intense lobbying by financial advisers has made Federal parliamentarians aware of their problems with the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime but unce...

As advisers battle with the effects of the Banking Royal Commission, education reforms, the banks exiting wealth, and changes to business structures, Hannah Wootton finds...

The New Zealand Financial Services Council has formed a Code of Conduct disciplinary committee to determine sanctions under its self-regulatory regime....

The Association of Financial Advisers has launched Pulse, a new community of practice for paraplanners....

The Association of Financial Advisers has warned that a significant unintended consequence of the Government’s changes to insurance inside superannuation will be an incre...