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Editorial
ASIC has been handed a mammoth task in delivering FOFA, underscoring the tiny window available to the financial services industry to prepare for the new regulatory regime...
Financial planning
Sonnie Bailey explores some of the sources of regulation which extend beyond what financial planners may think of as ‘regulation’, in the narrow sense of the term....
Financial planning
Trio Capital victims signal their intention to seek an 'Act of Grace' payment from the Government based on regulators' failings....
Financial planning
There is some concern in the industry about the language used by ASIC in its consultation papers on the delivery of financial advice....
Financial planning
Anthony James and Jim Boynton explain why financial planners shouldn’t delay their FOFA implementation....
Life/Risk
The Financial Services Council has received support from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for its new framework aimed at reducing churning in life/ris...
Financial planning
ASIC is conducting a surveillance campaign to catch out unlicensed credit providers....
Rate the raters
Lonsec has once again snatched the Money Management Research House of the Year title. However, Morningstar and Mercer are catching up....
Editorial
The approach ASIC has signaled it will adopt to scaled advice and the best interests duty is a welcome development for financial planning industry....
Financial planning
Some authorised representatives of banned licensee Morrison Carr claim ASIC did not notify them as soon as the dealer group's licence was cancelled, leaving them practisi...
Financial planning
The head of TAL-owned Pivotal Financial Advisers, Maria Cheer, will be leaving the company as Craig Parker takes the role, Money Management has confirmed....
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association has upgraded its consumer-facing website in a move it says is designed to help Australians make informed financial decisions....
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association has launched a new consumer website called FPA Difference as part of Financial Planning Week, which ends this coming Sunday....
Policy & Regulation
Despite FOFA reforms now being imminent, there are several regrettable reasons many businesses are using to delay addressing the changes, according to a paper from PwC an...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned an authorised representative of WealthSure from providing financial services for five years....
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Podcast
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...