It is a problem that everybody knows about, and some have solutions for, yet it will not go away. Australians are not buying risk insurance, and far too-few advisers are ...
Requests for mercy to the corporate regulator from those who have broken Financial Services Reform laws are on the sharp decline, but the proportion let off the hook by t...
New research issued by Industry Funds Services yesterday has added fuel to a heated ongoing debate within the industry over the comparative ‘net benefit to members’ of in...
Product issuers no longer have to include general advice warnings in advertisements that provide generic financial advice, and planners may soon be relieved from having t...
The corporate regulator’s 12-page example SOA has been welcomed by the FPA, but criticised by the Federal Opposition for still being too long....
The FPA has stepped up the pressure on its members over soft dollar payments, asking them to prove they are complying with a new code of conduct....
The Ethical Investment Association has launched a certification program for providers of SRI products and services, which it hopes will promote consistency and make it ea...
With conflicts of interest in the spotlight, receiving payment for services is no simple matter. Zoe Fielding asked Financial Planning Association director Sarah Brennan ...
If anyone had any doubt about how conflicts of interest, whether real or perceived, are impacting on the image of financial planners, then they only had to listen to a sp...
Wealth creation seminars and internet scams involving exotic tropical locations have been singled out by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission as featuring...
Melbourne dealer group Lonsdale Financial Group has proved that Statements of Advice (SOA) do not need to be long and complex, reducing their disclosure documents to just...
By world standards, ASIC keeps advisers on a very short leash. But across the Tasman, financial intermediaries are subject to fewer restrictions. Late last year, New Zeal...
Investors have been warned to look more closely at underlying asset allocations as well as performance rankings when comparing superannuation funds....
The Securities Institute of Australia has engaged advisers concerned about their obligations under super choice, releasing a series of products intended to help them hand...
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...