New research from SPAA suggests a significant gap exists with respect to accountants giving advice on SMSFs working under AFSLs ...
Credit Union Australia (CUA) has agreed to maintain interest rate discounts for eligible home loan customers after concerns were raised about misleading advertisements. ...
ASIC is proposing to step away from approving training courses for financial advisers, leaving it to education providers to self-assess their own courses....
There were some raised eyebrows when Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden announced his organisation would be developing policy with the Industry Super...
Former Lionsgate representative permanently banned....
BOQ hit by $34.5 million in refunds to 4 per cent of its customer base....
ASIC’s successful appeal against the $82.5 million settlement between former Storm Financial investors and Macquarie Bank is a “serious blow to direct consumer action”, a...
Lobby group National Seniors has called on ASIC to ramp up planner regulation as AFS Group investors face investment losses due to lapsed PI insurance policies....
APRA has commenced proceedings in the Australian Federal Court seeking the disqualification of former Trio Capital director David Millhouse....
Regulator releases new rules but states concerns not as serious as first claimed. ...
The Federal Court has deemed unfair the $82.5 million settlement between Storm Financial investors and Macquarie Bank. ...
The Queensland Supreme Court has appointed David Whyte of BDO as a receiver to wind up the LM First Mortgage Income Fund....
The FPA has called upon both parties to commit to promoting financial advice as it would result in “an informed nation of financially enabled Australians”....
There will be no quick fix to the grandfathering issue and the movement of planners between licensees because any possible post-election scenario could take several month...
The Association of Financial Advisers was right to open talks with Treasury officials around the status of grandfathering when planners move between one licensee and anot...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...