STEPHEN JONES

Financial planning

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, believes the industry can return to 30,000 advisers but new pathways are needed as it is unrealistic to expect people to w...

Financial planning

The FAAA’s Phil Anderson has shed light on when advisers could see any update from the government on the progression of the Quality of Advice Review changes....

Financial planning

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has reiterated his support for superannuation funds helping everyday Australians manage their money following widespread d...

Policy & Regulation

The National Anti-Scam Centre’s new investment scam fusion cell, led by Australia’s corporate and competition regulators, will be initially set up for six months. ...

Superannuation

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has confirmed changes to the Your Future, Your Super model to ensure all trustees, including Choice funds, are held to acc...

Financial planning

The government has clarified details on why a sunset clause is excluded from experience pathway legislation, introduced to the House of Representatives this week, despite...

Financial planning

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has said the government will review the remaining eight recommendations in the Quality of Advice Review by the end of the ...

Financial planning

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has offered an update on the Quality of Advice Review, which he said had been previously delayed due to the federal budget...

Financial planning

Minister for financial services, Stephen Jones, has blamed the federal budget for the delays to the Quality of Advice Review but said he is expectant of a position by Jun...

Financial planning

The Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association has thrown its support behind the experience pathway, arguing its members would rather quit than study for unnecessar...

Policy & Regulation

Speaking at the 2023 ACSI Annual Conference, Minister Stephen Jones said the government would prefer doing “too much too soon, not too little too late” on its sustainabil...

Financial planning

The Joint Associations Working Group has urged the government to enact several of the Quality of Advice recommendations quickly while it awaits the final decision....

Financial planning

The Treasury has outlined how advisers and their AFSLs can utilise the proposed experience pathway if they meet the requirements, as it opens a consultation period for fe...

Financial planning

Data from the latest Adviser Ratings’ Landscape Report of adviser sentiment has found there could still be thousands more exits over the next few years as a question mark...

Financial planning

Stephen Jones has called on the Government to pass the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort bill this month, stating consumers have “waited long enough” for redress. ...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 3 weeks ago

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

3 months ago

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

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

2 weeks 1 day ago

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

3 weeks ago

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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