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The proposed AFCA user-pays funding model will be introduced from 1 July with a few improvements following industry feedback while the superannuation levy will be abolish...
Financial planning
The first review of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority has made 13 recommendations for its improvements but acknowledged these may result in increased costs fo...
Financial planning
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority is examining fees and funding ahead of the findings from an independent review and how it can treat smaller firms more fairl...
Financial planning
This relief would see the corporate regulator’s levy restored to its FY19 level of $1,142 per adviser for the next two years, while the flat per licensee charge would rem...
Policy & Regulation
The corporate watchdog has said it has been communicating with Government and Treasury about its funding model for three years but that they needed to be compliant with t...
Financial planning
The corporate watchdog has confirmed it will use 80% of its funding towards enforcement, supervision, and surveillance activities for financial year 2021-22....
Policy & Regulation
Finding alternatives to the funding of research at Australian universities could prevent it from collapse, according to Atlas Advisers Australia....
Policy & Regulation
Three banks have been asked by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to tighten their intra-group funding arrangements. ...
Policy & Regulation
The new industry funding model for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission will see financial planning licensees and credit providers carrying some of the gr...
Superannuation
Despite suggestions it had shelved its push for majority independent directors on superannuation fund boards, the Government has made clear the issue remains very much al...
Policy & Regulation
CPA Australia has urged the Government to increase funding to the Tax Practitioners Board to enable it to better regulate new entities....
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Bankers’ Association has called for a change to tax reforms as part of a review into how public sector services are funded....
People & Products
Financial planning firm Fitzpatricks Group has gained private equity backing to drive its growth ambitions....
Superannuation
Superannuation may have to more clearly justify their expenditure on advertising campaigns via related parties under governance changes being proposed by the Australian P...
Life/Risk
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed shelf space fees charged by advice licensees to life insurers mostly remain legal, for now....
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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,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...