The Financial Planning Association has urged the Government to give financial planners access to the Commonwealth Support Places regime to help them pay for obtaining the...

The Royal Commission has called on the financial services industry to prioritise ethical decision-making and individual accountability, according to the Board of Banking ...

Kenneth Hayne’s emphasis on culture signals clearly that responsibility for misconduct lies with the senior management and boards of the entities involved, an executive a...

Investors and self-managed super funds with exposure to the retail property market need to remain alert as the sector is expected to see a significant change....

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has made some minor concessions around the financial adviser exam....

New analysis produced by research house Dexx&r has starkly revealed the dollar impact of removing grandfathering, with billions of dollars in superannuation funds under m...

The Actuaries Institute has signalled its willingness to assist in the implementation of the Royal Commission’s final report’s recommendations....

A former Adelaide financial adviser has pleaded guilty to 29 dishonesty offences committed when he was a planner, after ASIC found that he stole around $4.88 million from...

The planning industry faces an obstacle in ensuring consumers are aware that advisers are improving their education standards, if it wants to see the possible improvement...

Industry Super Australia has told a key Parliamentary Committee that advisers can’t necessarily be trusted when it comes to giving advice around the selection of post-ret...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has decided to keep the countercyclical capital buffer for authorised deposit-taking institutions on hold at zero per cent....

Money Management’s survey confirms the likelihood that more than a quarter of financial planners will exit the industry as a result of the Financial Adviser Standards and...

Financial adviser respondents to an ongoing Money Management survey say that while they back most of the objectives of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authorit...

A Hobart financial planner who was not sufficiently trained, despite holding a Diploma of Financial Planning from Kaplan, or competent to provide financial services has b...