ASIC has been placed on notice to adopt a more independent stance in the wake of the regulator having presented a Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) with preliminary dat...
Mike Taylor reports that a number of submissions filed with the Parliamentary Joint Committee reviewing the FOFA bills have revealed a serious disconnect between what the...
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) believes the weight of evidence presented to the PJC is enough to get FOFA back on track....
ASIC's use of preliminary financial planning shadow shopping data during PJC evidence earns Coalition rebuke....
ASIC has released highly preliminary figures from its financial planning shadow shop exercise at the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) hearing, having given only 24 hou...
ASIC's use of preliminary financial planning shadow shopping data during PJC evidence earns Coalition rebuke....
ASIC has released highly preliminary figures from its financial planning shadow shop exercise at the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) hearing, having given only 24 hou...
The underlying legality of the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes will almost certainly be tested in the event the legislation passes the Parliament w...
While industry bodies support the Government's proposed regulatory amendments to accelerate the wind-up of so-called 'phoenix' companies and claim the issue is not a majo...
The Association of Financial Advisers has warned that consumers are the missing ingredient in FOFA legislation which risks decimating the financial planning industry....
The passing of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) has paved the way for an increase in the superannuation guarantee (SG)....
Having completed a rebranding and a strategic repositioning, Guardian Advice enters 2012 with an ambitious plan to expand its financial adviser base over the next three y...
The financial services industry has welcomed the elevation of the Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio to the inner Cabinet....
Securitor, one of BT Financial Group's major dealer groups with 450 advisers, has joined the Association of Financial Advisers....
While Industry Super Network has made considerable gains against the financial planning industry in its campaign against commissions there remains increasing concerns abo...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....