Taking a templated approach to financial advice has seen a financial adviser banned from providing financial services by the Australian Securities and Investments Commiss...
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has released an online tool to give advisers feedback on their required education pathway. ...
Confusion reigns among self-managed super fund trustees, members and administrators about the upcoming SuperStream changes at the end of November, 2019. ...
The impending Royal Commission changes are impacting not just financial firms but individual funds as WaveStone Capital said its holding in Link Administration detracted ...
Asia was the one bright spot in terms of wealth manager assets under management last year, being the only region where assets increased rather than declined....
The Federal Government should take steps to make sure the Australian finance industry is acting in sustainable ways, according to a report on sustainable finance in Austr...
ASIC is reminding product issuers that as part of their implementation of Protecting Your Super Package, they need to take care that, from 1 July 2019, Product Disclosure...
Digital trading platform OpenMarkets Australia has launched a new platform for financial advisers and the self-directed investor called OpenMarkets Equix, the first in a ...
The US Masters Residential Property Fund has instructed its investment manager to sell properties, as the fund struggles with ongoing underperformance....
Centuria Capital has adapted its senior management structure to appoint Jason Huljich as joint chief executive alongside John McBain....
Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...
The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...