ASIC wants the financial services sector to take the lead in developing standards for the issuance of complex products....
The Senate could disallow the Government’s FOFA changes as early as Monday unless cross-bench and PUP senators can be persuaded otherwise....
As scathing as the Senate Committee’s report into ASIC’s handling of the Commonwealth Financial Planning enforceable undertaking may have been, the answer does not lie in...
Finance Minister, Senator Mathias Cormann, claims there’s no ‘plan B’ if the Senate disallows the FOFA changes but competitive neutrality ought require that industry fund...
The FPA has urged the calling of a national summit to resolve the issues raised in the 61 recommendations of the Senate Committee report....
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has been accused incorrectly blaming the banking industry’s interests for a post-Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) return to a commissions’...
The Government may have moved to “rebalance” FOFA, but bipartisanship remains a forlorn hope....
Recent policy changes have made preparation – and the role of planners – more critical than ever in the post-retirement space. However, even for planners, it’s not an eas...
Industry Super Australia has called on the Senate to disallow the Government’s FOFA regulatory changes claiming they will see a return to the bad old days....
IOOF’s exit of its stake in PATRON Financial Services cleared the way for the dealer group’s merger with Infocus Wealth Management....
Financial advisers have been reminded the first-round deadline for the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms has arrived, which means fee disclosure statements should...
Bristow announces merger between Infocus and PATRON...
Proposed regulatory reforms of the FOFA legislation should be put on hold following the Senate Economics Committee report on ASIC’s performance, ISA believes....
Government Senator, David Bushby, has issued a dissenting report arguing a royal commission is unnecessary...
Australians need to put a minimum of an extra 5.5 per cent of their salaries into superannuation each year on top of the super guarantee, experts from Deloitte Actuaries ...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...