Knowledge of when to provide retail clients key documents, identifying breaches, and the code of ethics are key problem areas in what was the worst collective result out ...
This is the lowest pass rate, beating the previous record of 67%, with only two exam sittings remaining this year....
Successful litigation against NAB, Westpac and Dixon Advisory could add enough to the corporate regulators coffers to cover the difference from the reduced levy....
Without the Government’s intervention, levies on financial advice would have increased from $25.6 million in 2017-18 to an estimated $71.4 million in 2020-21....
Outlined in its corporate plan, the Government welcomed the corporate regulator’s embrace of the “deregulation agenda”....
Gillian Wilson has been appointed as portfolio manager of Antares Fixed Income, commencing from 13 September, 2021....
Industry bodies have welcomed the Government’s decision to implement a temporary reduction in cost recovery levies for the next two years, as well as a review of the indu...
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...
Some of the CP 332 ‘Promoting access to affordable advice for consumers’ project has been put on hold as the corporate regulator assesses what funding will be needed for ...
The Federal Government will begin consultation on finalising its Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles regime, which aims to benefit foreign investment in Australian m...


BlackRock Australia plans to launch a Bitcoin ETF later this month, wrapping the firm’s US-listed version which is US$85 billion in size....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser for eight years over false and misleading statements regarding clients’ superannuation investments....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser who gave inappropriate advice to his clients including false and misleading Statements of Advice....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...