A website has been launched for financial professionals looking to sell their client books, aimed both at buyers and sellers....
Stephen Sedgwick’s report into retail banking remuneration failed to find substantial reason for an outright ban on product-based payments but made recommendations to pro...
Stephen Sedgwick’s review into retail banking remuneration was limited in its terms of reference, meaning it did not examine areas of financial services that have been ri...
Robo-advice providers in the US were introducing the human element into their automated models, indicating the advice industry was not ready for fully automated services...
ClearView has launched an attack on the FSC over its life insurance APL draft standard, arguing it does not tackle conflicts of interests and proves the industry cannot s...
The FSC has released a draft standard paper for consultation, which proposes that life insurance APLs must have compulsory provider and product choice....
MDA providers faced their first deadline of 1 October to comply with the revised MDA services framework but not many had moved on this, The Fold Legal said....
The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of mortgage scheme responsible entity, DD&D Securities for failing to comply with obligations....
Compliance automation was disrupting the comprehensive advice model and was replacing it with single piece advice as clients demanded more efficiency and innovation....
Cbus has joined the chorus of super industry associations and the Federal opposition in opposing the proposal to use super to fund a first home....
AMP has settled on two court proceedings: one class action which affected superannuation members and a second regarding insurer policies. ...
ASIC has released the results of the latest adviser exam, with August’s pass mark improving on the sitting from a year ago. ...
The inquiry into the collapse of Dixon Advisory and broader wealth management companies by the Senate economics references committee will not be re-adopted. ...
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...