Retirement product innovation around annuities, guaranteed products and 'life stage' products will continue as advisers and their clients increasingly demand better post-...
AXA is prepared for upcoming regulatory changes and will be unaffected by changes to adviser remuneration, while also providing an assistance framework to help advisers p...
Regulators need to tread carefully if they consider extending the proposed ban on commissions to risk insurance....
Former Godfrey Pembroke executive Mark Rantall named as new FPA CEO....
The Government has used its response to the Henry Review of taxation to wind back some of the super contributions cap measures announced in the last Budget....
Financial planners running small businesses will be among the first to receive a reduction in the company tax rate, while conditions for small business asset depreciation...
The financial services industry has given the Federal Government’s response to the Henry Review of Taxation a mixed welcome, with most welcoming the proposed changes to s...
The findings of a new Deloitte survey run counter to the recommendations expected in the Henry Review....
Questions remain over the ability of financial advisers employed by financial product manufacturers to meet the fiduciary duty requirements proposed as part of the Rudd G...
Investments in collectables and personal-use assets will be banned, stricter rules around in-house assets will be introduced and there will be firmer regulation of SMSFs ...
Switching from commissions-based remuneration to flat fees can be a "huge mental shift" for some advisers, but Elixir Consulting managing director Sue Viskovic warns that...
The Financial Ombudsman Service welcomes a Government announcement that Richard St John will examine a statutory compensation scheme....
Accounting industry bodies aren't concerned about losing their SMSF advice exemption as long as new regulations are both flexible and in the best interests of clients....
Investment Trends research reveals the industry’s intention to move to asset-based fee-for-service arrangements....
ASIC has released regulatory guidance to assist with compliance with new legal requirements related to short selling....
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,...