CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Financial planning

There could be changes ahead for how ASIC requires licensees to handle conflicts of interest as the corporate regulator announces it will be meeting key stakeholders next...

Financial planning

AFCA has urged financial advice firms that when recommending a product to clients where it receives any benefits, advisers must go beyond merely disclosing conflicts of i...

Financial planning

The Profession of Independent Financial Advisers has created a decision tree to help advisers understand the complexities of variable income and avoid conflicts of intere...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed the reliance of superannuation funds on general advice and the regulator’s concerns about vertical inte...

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Superannuation

Conflicted fees are once again a hot legal topic, with Suncorp being hit with a class action in the New South Wales Supreme Court over superannuation commissions paid to ...

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Financial planning

The Independent Advisers Association of Australia has urged the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to act on the views of the Royal Commission by reviewing ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has initiated action against IOOF including seeking the disqualification of its most senior executives, including managing ...

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Policy & Regulation

The securities regulator has banned Yossef Ashkenazi of Victoria from providing financial services for a period of eight years....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has pointed to the recent adverse publicity around the financial services industry having driven up the level of whis...

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Editorial

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission review of Mortgage Broker Remuneration is reminiscent of the findings which gave rise to the Future of Financial Advi...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has warned that while open APLs might help, the benefits will be undermined by vertical integration and conflicts of ...

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