APRA has finalised updates on the Prudential Standard APS 222 to reduce contagion risk within banking groups....
The proposed new single disciplinary system for financial advisers requires further discussion, according to the Financial Services Council....
The ABA has welcomed the Government’s timetable for legislative change, with eight of the 76 Royal Commission recommendations targeted at the banking industry....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has used AMP and its lawyers, Clayton Utz, as examples of successful enforcement action by the regulator....
ASIC has banned Sydney adviser Tarandeep Aujla from providing financial services for three years for failing to act in his clients’ best interest....
Double-counting may have led to the Australian Taxation Office wrongly pursuing superannuation fund members over excess transfer balance caps....
Allianz Australia has been hit by a $250 million additional capital requirement by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority....
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed that a number of superannuation funds are facing the possibility of legal action as early as next month on th...
The number of complaints received about individual firms should be available to financial services customers, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trus...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reinforced that its responsible lending action against Westpac was a test case....
Unscrupulous employers who use their employees’ salary sacrifice superannuation contribution to reduce their superannuation guarantee obligations should be stopped, accor...
Millinium Capital Managers has made a claim worth $2.4 million against a former adviser of the Millinium Alternative Fund for misconduct. ...
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...