Government Senator, David Bushby, has issued a dissenting report arguing a royal commission is unnecessary...
ASIC should be subject to regular reviews while FOS should move to a higher award regime...
Senate Committee recommends higher education, professional association membership and enshrinement of ‘financial planner’ in report on ASIC performance...
ASIC should be given the power to immediately suspend financial planners who it suspects have engaged in misconduct according to Senate Committee....
The Senate Committee reviewing the performance of ASIC has recommended a royal commission into the Commonwealth Financial Planning debacle....
Superannuation bodies have urged Clive Palmer to save the low income super contribution (LISC) scheme by voting down the repeal of the Mining Resources Rent Tax (MRRT)....
Australians need to put a minimum of an extra 5.5 per cent of their salaries into superannuation each year on top of the super guarantee, experts from Deloitte Actuaries ...
Investor confidence still has not caught up to February highs amid signs of deflation in developed markets and structural slowdown in emerging markets....
The draft Tax Agent Services Act regulations have proposed waiving tax and commercial law course requirements for financial planners with relevant experience....
Melinda Howes has been lured away from AMP to become General Manager of Super at BTFG....
After last month’s surprise hold, the Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its latest interest rate decision....
WT Financial’s Keith Cullen is eager for its Hubco initiative to see advice firms under its licence trade at multiples which are catching up to those UK and US financial ...
While the profession continues to see consolidation at the top, Adviser Ratings has compared the business models of Insignia and Entireti and how they are shaping the pro...
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?...