FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION

Superannuation

The Investment and Financial Services Association has urged the Federal Government to steer clear of radical change to the retirement savings system and instead embrace s...

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Life/Risk

IFSA talking to community groups outside of the industry to gather grassroots support from consumers and raise awareness....

Financial planning

Young advisers need to develop communication skills to talk about insurance with their clients....

Financial planning

The Association of the Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) is set to release a third version of an industry proposal on standardising how funds should classify asset classes ...

Financial planning

Redemptions freeze continuing at a time when there is an increased likelihood for outperformance....

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Life/Risk

The Insurance Council of Australia may have estimated the total insurance bill from February’s Victorian bushfires to exceed $1 billion but, thus far, the resultant...

Financial planning

IFSA rejects Australian Research Council Report claiming genetic discrimination in life insurance; cases outdated....

Financial planning

Targeted redundancies 'major component' of restructuring charges....

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Financial planning

The casualties of the financial crisis are many, but among the worst hit areas is recruitment, with a large number of staff cuts and employment freezes. KATE GIBBS report...

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Financial planning

Funds and members expected to weather the storm....

Funds management

130 equity managers a 'ridiculous' figure....

Financial planning

Aggregated investment data could mislead investors....

Financial planning

Escalates award superannuation concerns to Senate committee....

Financial planning

Increasing default super options will limit choice and increase fees....

Financial planning

Survey finds market meltdown and value of advice the biggest issues facing the industry....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 1 week ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months 1 week ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

4 months 2 weeks ago

The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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