The Tax Practitioners Board has recognised the FPA’s Certified Financial Planner qualification as an approved course in Australian Tax Law....
ASIC and Morgans Financial Limited have agreed for an independent compliance consultant to monitor and review Morgan’s implementation of recommended compliance measures....
Members were not rushing to top up their super before changes were implemented next year while the Federal Government had avoided publicising its changes to non-concessio...
Industry associations have welcomed the Federal Government’s introduction of the bill to mandate higher education and professional standards for advisers....
The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer, has introduced the bill to mandate professional standards and education into Parliament today....
A former Guardian adviser found moving to a new licensee as an authorised representative provided her with comprehensive insight into her business and ASIC’s compliance p...
Digital financial advice will be the expected service offering by financial planning businesses in 2017, and they will not have to refund fees due to non-service, Ignitio...
ASIC has banned a former AMP Financial Planning authorised representative from providing financial services for eight years after finding he had engaged in forgery and mi...
Negative publicity engulfing risk and life insurance has had an adverse effect on consumer perception of the products, which has seen a drop in satisfaction levels. ...
ASIC has banned a former Sentinel Private Wealth authorised representative from providing financial services for five years after he failed to comply with financial servi...
ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....
A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....
A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...
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...