Superannuation funds have strongly queried whether people who supply super funds should be excluded from being deemed “independent” for three years....
Macquarie has completed its Enforceable Undertaking with ASIC but its compliance bill has quadrupled to $413 million and is forecast to continue rising....
Mike Taylor writes that the reporting of breaches needs to be accepted as not only a legal obligation but part and parcel of running a financial services company. ...
Former CommInsure managing director, Peter Beck, has won a 10-year legal battle with the Commonwealth Bank over his multi-million dollar defined benefit pension entitleme...
Specialist lawyer calls for scrapping of key financial services laws that are outmoded and product-focused....
Yesterday’s appearance of IOOF chief executive, Chris Kelaher, before a Senate Committee has fuelled calls for a Royal Commission into financial planning....
ASIC has confirmed it has the big institutions still under close scrutiny over their handling of financial market benchmarks such as the Bank Bill Swap Rate....
Two of the key accounting bodies, CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and NZ are fighting it out in the NZ High Court over allegations of professional denig...
Select Asset Management CIO and Trio/Astarra whistle-blower, Dominic McCormick has written a scathing assessment of recent reports around IOOF and criticised the emerging...
Specialist lawyer, Ian McDermott warns that licensees may be left carrying the can on claw-backs if advisers change dealer groups mid-stream....
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has made clear that bank executives will be just as exposed as union officials to the Government’s proposed super fund gove...
With the financial services sector undergoing an unprecedented amount of regulatory change a financial services executive and lawyer has launched a firm to give SMEs lega...
An Auditor-General’s report has revealed that if you’ve received a CGT letter from the ATO, it may well be wide of the market and have missed your share dealings....
The Government has released exposure draft legislation which would impose at least one third independent directors plus an independent chairman on industry fund boards....
IOOF managing director, Chris Kelaher, says it's mischievous to link the allegations against IOOF to planners or financial advice....
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...