A former Hobart planner has been charged with operating without an AFSL....
Regulators perpetually struggle to create a healthy environment for the provision of financial advice, however, Robert Keavney identifies several areas where they have mi...
A former Adelaide financial planning company director has been prosecuted on Westpoint-related charges....
ASIC has moved against a Queensland man after information gained through the ATO’s Project Wickenby....
The ongoing uncertainty over the accountant exemption applying to self-managed super funds (SMSFs) as well as a number of rules that simply don’t make sense are two...
Lonsdale Financial Group has offered extended support to accountants wishing to continue giving self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) advice after the financial service...
Australian Financial Services chief, Peter Daly has questioned the viability of some institutional dealer groups....
It is now clear that the failure of many fund managers to appropriately navigate the global financial crisis has caused many investors to question the ultimate value they...
The Association of Financial Advisers is pushing ahead with a lobby group aimed at defining the ‘nuances’ of proposed regulatory reforms to the advice industr...
Australia may have escaped the brunt of the global financial crisis, but as Janine Mace discovers, changes in the financial services industry on an international level me...
The Ripoll Review recently proposed the introduction of a statutory fiduciary duty for financial advisers. Tim Browne examines the importance of such an obligation for th...
AIA Australia has announced the appointment of Andrew Godfrey to the role of chief administration officer, where he will be responsible for the company’s operations, IT a...
A new group has been established to help accountants get around the advice exemption changes for SMSFs without getting an AFSL....
Funds manager Stanfield mops up property funds and looks to expand....
Section 912A of the Corporations Act and section 47 of the National Consumer Credit Act 2009 articulate the legislative beliefs about the core standards that a financial ...
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...