In the last four exams, the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has acknowledged that advice documentation is a problem area with exam performance. ...
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has welcomed the Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s announcement with regards to a longer transition pe...
NAB has paid $10,200 in fines after ASIC found the bank made misleading statements in its annuity term deposit PDS....
Deloitte argues that FOFA taken together with other initiatives suggests the regulatory pendulum has swung too far....
Super funds have received a deadline extension to 1 July 2015 for compliance with fee and cost disclosure requirements....
ASIC should outsource PDS approvals to an independent research panel funded by planner levy. ...
ASIC considers allowing managed investment schemes to be automatically registered, with non-compliant schemes regulated by stop-orders....
The financial services regulator has granted an extension on interim class order relief from the shorter product disclosure statement (PDS) regime. ...
ASIC has provided relief for mFund settlement Service clients through a class order. ...
ASIC has released updated guidelines on its shorter Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) push, reminding superannuation providers to detail cooling-off periods and costs. ...
ASIC consultation brings ASX platform a step closer but narrows its focus....
As it continues its discussions with industry, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended the commencement of upcoming disclosure benchmarks...
Structured products such as derivatives have yet to recover from recent market impacts with the sector having been reduced from $4 billion to $1 billion in recent years d...
Proposed fund disclosure requirements for hedge funds have industry support, but experts say that the guidelines should extend to all complex investment schemes and that ...
In an effort to meet the Federal Government's short-form product disclosure statement (PDS) reforms, MLC has released simpler short-form documents for three of its leadin...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...