The financial services regulator has obtained undertakings in the Federal Court of Australia stopping the activities of the operators of an unregistered investment scheme...
The stringent rules governing superannuation switching advice has meant some financial planners are eliminating this type of service for their client base....
The costs of breach reporting to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission exceed the benefits that accrue t...
The cost of retail funds are on average up to $887 more expensive than industry funds, according to a new research report on super fees and charges from ASIC....
The promoter of a scheme offering the early release of superannuation benefits has pleaded guilty to dishonestly inducing persons to deal in financial products in the Sou...
A former Adelaide options adviser and stockbroker has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison....
A South Australian financial planning firm, its directors and a trainee adviser have had their licenses cancelled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....
AMP Financial Planning appears to have paid a price for the enforceable undertaking it entered into with ASIC in July, with a reduction in net cashflows over the period....
A former National Australia Bank financial planner has been jailed for eight years after pleading guilty in the NSW District Court to eight counts involving nearly $6 mil...
Less than half a year into her term as the chief executive of the Financial Planning Association, Jo-Anne Bloch has already proved she is prepared to listen to members an...
The corporate regulator has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against a mortgage broker for his conduct in applying for two lo-doc loans for one of ...
The FPA has advised that its investigation into the activities of Tasmanian-based adviser Brendan Moore has been wrapped up, with its disciplinary committee imposing only...
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....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...