Watering down financial advice laws could expose consumers and regulators to another Storm Financial-type crisis, ISA says. ...
ASIC could roll-out a national adviser competency exam for $300, linking it to a register of licensed advisers. ...
Adviser education programs are at risk of being severely cut because the way they are funded is seen as conflicted remuneration, says AFA. ...
Hiring certified financial planner (CFP)-qualified financial advisers has led to a less than 1 per cent client attrition rate per annum, State Super Financial Services sa...
Adviser associations support the creation of an adviser register but reject an exam as an inadequate measure of adviser competencies. ...
Can cash ETFs give clients bang for their buck? BetaShares’ Alex Vynokur shares his view....
Assistant Treasurer says legislation is no guarantee that financial products will not fail. ...
Greg Medcraft says financial planning needs to undergo further cultural change, as the sector remains one of the riskiest regulated by ASIC. ...
Former High Court judge Sir Anthony Mason dismisses suggestions FOFA changes will compromise best interests. ...
ASIC Chair Greg Medcraft says no financial services regulator can stop corporate failures without onerous compliance regimes. ...
ASIC will only take action on whistleblower tip-offs if it will result in a greater impact in the market. ...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from former director of AIE Fiduciary Services (AIE) Manish Babul...
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?...