EDITORIAL

As the Government winds up the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority it must also fix the code of ethics. ...

Thousands of low-balance, high maintenance clients are being orphaned in the wash-up of what is emerging as significant failure by successive governments to understand th...

An acceleration in the exit rate of financial advisers is guaranteed as the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam process comes to a close which is a good...

It is high time for the Government to recognise that professional indemnity insurance is a problem that cannot go unaddressed as it moves towards a compensation scheme of...

Recent legislative efforts in both the financial planning and superannuation spheres point to a Government too ready to leave too much policy detail to the regulators....

The increases in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission levy and the fact that they are occurring even before a single disciplinary body or a compensation s...

If financial advice is to be made more affordable, the layer upon layer of financial planning regulation needs to be stripped back and the Australian Securities and Inves...

If the Government wants the industry to pay for a compensation scheme of last resort then it needs to review and remove many other regulatory costs, starting with profess...

If the Government seriously wants to make financial advice more affordable then it needs to conduct a thorough review to strip out the layers of regulation which have dri...

The widespread general criticism of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s latest efforts around code of conduct guidance should be the catalyst for the G...

The standing aside of Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair, James Shipton, points to fundamental issues with respect to the regulator....

The consultation around the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics must end and the Government must put a definitive timetable on the establishme...

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3 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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