Many financial planning businesses have had to put their growth plans and other projects on hold while preparing for FOFA. Milana Pokrajac looks at opportunities lost....
Yellow Brick Road Finance has been required to change the way it authorises the companies operating its branches in line with recent changes to the national credit licens...
The outcome of the next Federal election will determine the degree to which the financial services industry will be subjected to another far-reaching review similar to th...
Confronted by a Senate Committee inquiry, ASIC has delivered a highly detailed enforcement report and pointed to the likelihood of FOFA uncovering legacy issues....
Due to the wave of change ripping through the financial services industry, law firms specialising in this sector will be fighting for your business. Leanne Mezrani points...
Fair Loans Foundation has entered into an enforceable undertaking under which it will refund 864 consumers around $157,000 in overcharged interest. ...
Government and ASIC strike deals to combat tax evasion and supervise international fund managers. ...
ASIC has raised concerns about the standard of record-keeping practices of a number of Australian credit licensees. ...
ASIC has sought court orders that LM First Mortgage Income Fund be wound-up after its collapse earlier this year....
ASIC continues to focus on the claims made by financial services providers in advertising, with Woolworths set to change its advertisements for car insurance after the re...
PriceWaterhouseCoopers will monitor the way PIS gives financial advice for the next nine months to ensure the group meets the standards set out in its Enforceable Underta...
The concept of trust in financial planning has reached a critical juncture, writes Geoff Rimmer, and only bold measures will restore it. ...
An independent expert will monitor the way PIS gives financial advice for the next nine months to ensure the group meets the standards set out in the Enforceable Undertak...
The chairman of the Senate Committee reviewing ASIC laments that its greatest successes appear to have occurred after the damage has already been done....
The Commonwealth Bank and HSBC have changed their advertising for certain structured products aimed at retail investors after ASIC deemed them potentially misleading. ...
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...