Regulation of crypto assets should be consistent with non-crypto versions, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia, in order to protect consumers fro...
The opportunities in markets are less “mouth-watering” than people expect, according to Platinum, which is leading its flagship International fund to hold almost a quarte...
Insight Investment has described how retail investors and their advisers can help to smooth returns and maximise certainty in an uncertain market environment....
Organisations have acknowledged advisers’ concern about achieving nine hours of ethics and professionalism CPD, stating it is “quite a challenge” for both parties to meet...
Magellan has terminated its retirement income-focused FuturePay strategy, effective from 20 July, just over a year after launching it....
Twitter’s actions in holding Elon Musk to account “cannot be faulted”, according to Forager, which holds exposure to the stock in its International Shares fund....
The level of value consumers place on different areas of advice has been laid out in a university study, indicating a disconnect between advisers’ and consumers’ percepti...
The Financial Services Council has developed a ‘proposed personal advice framework’ where all advice is termed ‘personal advice’, Letters of Advice are introduced and the...
A Victorian authorised representative has been charged with engaging in dishonest conduct in the course of carrying on a financial services business and providing unlicen...
Today is the final day for candidates who need to pass by 1 October to register for the last sittings of the financial adviser exam....
Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...
Australian retirees could increase their projected annual incomes by as much as 51 per cent through comprehensive financial advice, according to a Vanguard study, but cos...
After last month’s surprise hold, the Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its latest interest rate decision....
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...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...