The perceived negative consequences of acquiring a financial services licence seem to be reducing following the scrapping of the accountants’ exemption, with a dealer gro...
The FOS has cautioned against a new dispute resolution forum in the form of a banking tribunal, warning the Government should allow for the completion of the review into ...
Attaining high levels of education could give advisers the confidence to face ethical dilemmas thrown at them by licensees and question the status quo, according to State...
Advisers and adviser associations agreed to life insurance framework reforms under duress, while the reforms failed to address insurers’ commercial imperatives, the LICG ...
Triple A Super has launched cloud-based system, Preset Super, which offered administration, tax return, and audit services....
Some confusion remained over ASIC’s rules on the timeframe within which licensees must report changes in entity control but licensees should abide by the original 10-day ...
Australians continued to remain uncertain about their retirement nest eggs but professionally advised Australians felt more prepared for retirement, research showed....
Changes to thresholds for transferral of unclaimed super money could have the unintended consequence of members losing insurance benefits without their permission, ASFA a...
The key to attracting SMSF trustees to seek professional advice was by making them better informed through education, the SMSF Association believes. ...
ASIC has banned a former Macquarie Equities Limited representative from providing financial services for five years for inappropriate advice and engaging in unauthorised ...
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...