The Tax Practitioners Board needs to explicitly acknowledge the sufficiency of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority CPD regime, according to the FPA....
Both AustralianSuper and UniSuper have been reported as having imposed a downward revaluation of their unlisted assets....
Financial advisers are struggling to cope with the increased burden of the economic crisis from the COVID-19 pandemic....
The New Zealand Government has signalled it will slow the pace of regulatory change for the financial services industry to allow it to help consumers move beyond COVID-19...
AMP has signalled its preparedness to help advisers and clients through the COVID-19 crisis including insurance premium suspensions in some circumstances. ...
IRESS, the financial services software provider, has acquired UK-based O&M Systems, which provides pension and investment data comparison tools to financial advisers. ...
UK advisory business deVere Group has moved to a contactless advice service for those clients who are social distancing because of COVID-19. ...
The proposed legislation could motivate advisers to enter into ongoing fee arrangements with superannuation members, according to a super body. ...
The Federal Government has been challenged to explain why financial advisers and mortgage brokers are being targeted in the wake of the Royal Commission when others inclu...
AFA’s Phil Anderson says that despite pushback on Royal Commission recommendations to change trail commissions for mortgage brokers, advisers were still better prepared f...
Limited advice documents can help create engagement from clients and better understanding for advisers rather than producing a full statement of advice after every sessio...
Anthony Dick has been charged after using clients’ savings to fund his own personal lifestyle expenses....
OneVue has managed to sell its Sequoia Financial Group stake and is now looking to sell down Madison....
The Tax Practitioners Board appears to have cut tax (financial) advisers a break by signalling that compliance with the FASEA CPD requirements will satisfy those of the T...
Australian retirees who are amongst those most needing professional financial advice are at risk of missing out because of the structural imbalances occurring as a result...
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,...