Outlined in its corporate plan, the Government welcomed the corporate regulator’s embrace of the “deregulation agenda”....
Industry bodies have welcomed the Government’s decision to implement a temporary reduction in cost recovery levies for the next two years, as well as a review of the indu...
The corporate watchdog has said it has been communicating with Government and Treasury about its funding model for three years but that they needed to be compliant with t...
The remuneration standard comes into effect at the start of 2023 and aims to create more balanced incentive structures for the superannuation, insurance, and banking indu...
Some of the CP 332 ‘Promoting access to affordable advice for consumers’ project has been put on hold as the corporate regulator assesses what funding will be needed for ...
The Federal Government will begin consultation on finalising its Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles regime, which aims to benefit foreign investment in Australian m...
Declining incomes from the COVID-19 pandemic and ever-rising regulatory costs have crippled small to medium advice businesses, and product issuers should be carrying more...
There is a lack of clarity for when a disciplinary panel will be called and an association believes it should not be called for a breach of Standard 3 or 6, and that writ...
The Government has included changes to the way portfolio holdings should be organised and what format they should be displayed in. ...
Consumer bodies have joined the financial adviser bodies and the Federal Opposition in voicing their displeasure with the proposed draft legislation for the compensation ...
As part of its penalty for overcharging interest on business overdraft accounts, which it has been forced to pay $7 million, it will also be required to publish misconduc...
Eight industry associations say the compensation scheme of last resort will become a “go to” rather than a last resort and excludes product providers from accountability....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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...