Industry silent as public makes feelings on ASIC known. ...
A Perth-based insurance broker has been permanently banned for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct....
The FOFA legislation once heralded was a long time coming – and with its implementation date has also arrived a raft of questions as to how parts of the legislation will ...
A recent Storm Financial settlement caused quite a bit of controversy and resulted in an appeal from the regulator. Milana Pokrajac finds many in the legal community deem...
Industry body Boutique Financial Planners has called for clear disclosure of licensee ownership after Roy Morgan research revealed a large percentage of consumers were no...
ASIC claims it had concerns about the quality of financial advice being delivered in Australia before the collapse of Storm and the Commonwealth FP enforceable undertakin...
Latest research shows up to half of clients using bank-aligned financial planners think their adviser is ‘independent’....
Perth securities dealer Stellar Securities has had its Australian financial services licence cancelled after it failed to comply with its financial requirement conditions...
Australian Public Trustees (APT) has had its AFS licence cancelled after breaching a number of its financial and reporting obligations....
The regulator has put forward new proposals to update the record-keeping obligations for those who provide financial advice to retail clients. ...
The regulator has released a report in which it expressed concerns about the number of financial advice groups being owned by product issuers. ...
Two large banks have told the PJC that they do not impose sales targets on their financial planners, but revenue targets and adviser bonus structures are still in place....
Adviser remuneration is only one part of the equation on life/risk churn, says AFA chief executive Brad Fox....
While recent media reports have painted a less than flattering picture of its former culture, it is important to recognise that Commonwealth Financial Planning has come a...
Tasmanian Liberal Senator, David Bushby, who is chairing the Senate Committee reviewing ASIC, made a very good point when he said that nothing in the FOFA changes will pr...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...