FOS has renewed calls for a financial services compensation scheme, after pointing to a clear gap in the consumer protection framework. ...

The Federal Government has signaled that it has abandoned the regulatory changes to FOFA it pursued last year and that any amendments will be via bipartisan agreement. ...

Sydney accounting and advice firms, Pitcher Partners and Moore Stephens, have announced plans for a "game-changing" merger later this year. ...

Boutique dealer group Bombora Advice announced two Victorian-based practices have joined it as equity partners. ...

Australian households are more than two years ahead of their mortgage and have reduced the interest paid on their credit cards, according to a report. ...

Almost 7000 people have confirmed they want advice they received at the CBA reviewed, while the bank has paid $79k in compensation....

ASIC refuses a planning firm permission to tailor how its planners’ remuneration and bonuses are revealed to clients....

Accountants have been urged to ignore the vested interest hype around limited licensing and to follow the counsel of the major accounting bodies. ...

Centrepoint Alliance has appointed the former deputy CEO of the FSC to its board as a non-executive director continuing its governance renewal program....

In a bid to encourage philanthropy the Government has simplified the valuation requirements for donations of listed shares and managed funds....

Boutique planning firm, HNW, will restrict the number of accounting firms it authorises under its AFSL ....

A South Australian mortgage broker has faced Adelaide Magistrates Court over a $12 million deception....

Doctors are set to save money on advice with healthcare specialists, MEDIQ Financial Services, transitioning clients to a new lower cost managed discretionary account sys...

Financial advisers are hiring mortgage brokers and tying them into their business instead of using external referrals according to a mortgage aggregator....