The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled the licence of a Sydney-based financial advisory firm following surveillance into potential issues of l...
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has accused successive governments of providing “dozens of regulatory carve-outs … benefitting retail super providers ...
Five years on from the introduction of the MySuper default arrangements, Frontier Advisors has warned that adopting a lifecycle strategy can come at the cost a lower bala...
Almost six months after BT Financial Group revamped its pricing structure for BT Panorama, the company has announced that the platform has reached $13 billion in funds un...
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Tim Wilson, will this Friday publicly compare the positions of WAM and ACOSS on Labor’s proposed franking di...
As the banks face issues with customer satisfaction so too have their associated super funds, with industry funds having increased their customer satisfaction ratings ove...
NAB chief executive, Andrew Thorburn, has defended some fees for no service charged by the bank as a “process issue” rather than dishonesty, as he came under fire at the ...
Life risk industry veteran, Michael Molesworth, has warned that underwriters and claims assessors need to be subject to more stringent education requirements or risk comm...
The Royal Commission has asked ASIC why recent new senior level roles were all filled by internal candidates from a limited pool, amid questions about the regulators’ gov...
ASIC chair, James Shipton, has come under fire from the Royal Commission, which seemed dissatisfied with how the regulator intended to prove its performance improves goin...


Advice firms are increasing their base salaries by as much as $50k to attract talent, particularly seeking advisers with a portable book of clients, but equity offerings ...
ASIC has released the results of the latest financial adviser exam, held in November 2025....
Ahead of the 1 January 2026 education deadline for advisers, ASIC has issued its ‘final warning’ to the industry, reporting that more than 2,300 relevant providers could ...
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...