The FPA endorses latest protection initiative from the ATO....
The corporate regulator has released updated versions of the licensing requirements for Australian financial services (AFS) licensees....
Deloitte’s global insurance report identifies challenges facing life and general insurers....
For many years the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been urging the financial services industry to take a greater self-regulatory role in compl...
The corporate regulator has modified the policy statement it issued covering the appropriate disclosure requirements outlined in section 1012IA of the Corporations Act ad...
Coin Financial Planning Software has acquired a 50 per cent stake in back-office financial planning software provider Olicc....
AXA has constructed a new professional indemnity insurance deal for its advisers that, according to independent research, will set their premiums around 50 per cent lower...
Industry associations broadly welcomed the introduction of the Simpler Regulatory System Bill into the House of Representatives yesterday....
These two new stories are from different sources and have in common that the underlying cause of the complaint could have been so easily avoided. The other thing they hav...
A series of advertised competitions offering prizes as an incentive to ING superannuants to consolidate their super into ING’s super products is remarkable for both the n...
The topic of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) seems to be replacing investment property conversation at more and more baby boomers’ weekend barbecues....
Dealer group Financial Lifestyle Solutions is about to embark on an educational program designed to teach its key advisers and insurance brokers the skills needed to oper...
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,...