The rising cost of financial advice along with a change in demographics has led to more clients only wanting advice to solve particular issues rather than ongoing advice....

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will start collecting data on annual payments to industry associations by registrable superannuation entities from 1 July, ...

Faced with the headwinds of pronounced health and economic uncertainty, what does 2021 and 2022 offer on the earnings front? Paul Xiradis, Executive Chairman, Chief Inves...

Avoiding emotive language and releasing short reports outside of normal trading hours are among recommendations from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Licensees should not be responsible for individual financial adviser registrations to the corporate regulator as it makes clear these are a statutory obligation and not a...

Union Standard director and former responsible manager, John Carlton Martin, has been banned from providing financial services for 10 years from providing financial servi...

CFA Institute has announced its exposure draft on global environmental, social and governance disclosure standards for investment products, aimed at promoting transparenc...

Stephen Poole, former general manager of NAB’s Meritum Financial Group, has joined Gold Coast boutique fund manager Swell as head of distribution. ...

The ‘inflation genie’ is unlikely to escape as subdued inflation and wage pressure mean rates could be held at 0.1% until late 2023 according to the Reserve Bank of Austr...

Long-awaited reforms to stop abusive partners hiding super assets in family law cases has been welcomed by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, Women’s Le...

The proposed stapling of superannuation funds may leave some members ineligible to claim against their own policy after paying premiums if they are injured or ill while w...

Differing from other funds from the group, the retirement income-focused fund will offer a fixed monthly distribution....

The indiscriminate sell-off in technology names is presenting buying opportunities for Forager with 10 firms on its watchlist. ...

With its acquisition of MLC Wealth, IOOF now has around 1,500 authorised representatives surpassing AMP’s 1,443. ...

Company director Shlomo Yoshai has also been fined $400,000 and is disqualified from managing companies for eight years, after creating a trading floor culture compared t...

Only 2% of advisers and advice firms can label themselves as “independent’, meaning most will be subject to the new Financial Services Guides disclosure obligations....

Five times is a charm for one adviser who sat the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam that many times before passing. ...

The challenge for the corporate regulator and policy makers is to figure out a way to make the advice regime more digestible, practical, and affordable for consumers....

Given the proposed Single Disciplinary Body will be funded through the new adviser registration fee and the increase in the corporate regulator’s funding levy, the body s...

The prudential regulator is unlikely to make any findings on the political appropriateness of advertising from super funds but may recommend a follow-up inquiry....