The corporate watchdog has dropped the pursuit of criminal charges relating to AMP Financial Planning’s alleged fee-for-no-service, raising questions on why it was made s...

Any further requirements by the Government for the financial advice sector to lift standards could lead to advisers and potential graduate entrants moving the occupation ...

While the extension provides some leeway for advisers who have not passed the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam this year, clarity is needed on whethe...

With so much at stake the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority needs to provide proper clarity on pathways for advisers who do not pass the exam this year....

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...