RISK MANAGEMENT

Financial planning

Proactive compliance risk management has become both a “regulatory necessity” and a “cornerstone of ethical excellence” for financial advice licensees, this compliance pr...

Funds management

There is one specific risk that is a significantly higher concern for financial services directors compared to companies overall and is impacting their risk appetite, acc...

People & Products

Recruitment manager Robert Half has shared the most in-demand roles in financial services that firms are finding difficult to fill, driven by ASIC’s growing focus on risk...

Financial planning

Insignia Financial’s chief risk officer sheds light why the “multidimensional” risks of operating a financial advice licensee requires a holistic and curious approach....

Financial planning

As persistent regulatory changes drive demand for risk and compliance teams, competition is heating up in the shallow talent pool, with firms taking up to six months to f...

Expert Analysis

Inflation is set to be a key challenge for clients as we enter a period of core inflation which will be more difficult to budge without an economic slowdown to ‘reset’ th...

Financial planning

A survey of Australian wealth managers has revealed fears around clients making compensation claims after failing to understand their risk suitability, with firms expecti...

People & Products

Technology and research firm Capital Preferences is launching a program in Australia with several advice firms to uncover the risk preferences of their clients and how th...

Expert Analysis

An unpresented case could allow APRA to amend the existing risk management prudential standard to require super trustees to consider climate change as a material risk to ...

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Financial planning

As environmental, social and governance principles move into the mainstream, inconsistency in the way data is approached is holding adoption back....

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Policy & Regulation

Allianz Australia has been hit by a $250 million additional capital requirement by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority....

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People & Products

FINSIA has launched a new suite of interconnected professional qualifications focused on risk management and cybercrime in conjunction with CISI....

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Superannuation

If the life and pensions sectors want to improve the retirement outcomes they offer, they need to do away with a mindset focused on legacy systems and risk management and...

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Financial planning

As technology and the current focus on the financial sector is putting stress on institutions to enhance their capabilities, their risk management functions must also evo...

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People & Products

Perennial Value and Daintree Capital have appointed Daniel Birch as new head of institutional sales....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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

3 weeks ago

This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

1 month ago

Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...

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Six of the seven listed financial advice licensees have reported positive share price growth in 2024, with AMP and Insignia successfully reversing earlier losses. ...

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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