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....
AFA calls for clarity after Court rules brokerage account not reserved for advisers....
In a two-horse race at the forthcoming Federal Election, Mike Taylor writes that financial services companies are mainly backing self-interest. ...
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...
Count Financial chief executive David Lane predicts influx of accountants to swell the ranks of planners. ...
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. ...
Planning companies willing to acquire licences may be able to secure grandfathering arrangements. ...
Rubik Financial Limited has entered an agreement with Revex Solutions around COIN acquiring Revex and a four-year exclusive reseller agreement....
The majority of chief executives in Australia believe technology plays a significant role in developing and bringing new financial products to the Asian market, according...
The insurance losses reported by AMP and RGA reflect pricing for good times and a need to adapt to tough times....
Australian financial services institutions have received some breathing space with regards to the implementation of FOFA and Stronger Super as the US announces a six-mont...
Retail derivatives issuer Apex Derivatives will be wound up after ASIC received orders in the Federal Court....
Planners leave amid FOFA pressure and institutional offers....
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...