There are close to 700 advisers who have passed the FASEA exam but are listed as ‘ceased’ by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, according to data....
AUSTRAC has informed the big four bank that it has identified “serious concerns” with NAB’s compliance of its Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing progra...
Matthew Nicholson and Oswaldo Duque have been added to the advice team at Fitzpatricks Private Wealth....
There are two approaches to responsible investing, top-down and bottom-up, writes Angela Ashton, but how they do differ and is one preferable to the other?...
Robotics, automation and artificial intelligence are still at the early stages investment wise and will be a long-term trend, according to ROBO Global....
Synchron advisers and staff can receive a $100 Bunnings gift voucher if they get the COVID-19 vaccine. ...
Any alpha driven by using low carbon strategies “appears to be fake” and can lead to problems with concentration and investability, according to Scientific Beta. ...
Over 60% of advisers who exited the Financial Adviser Registered during July 2019 and December 2020 had less than 10 years of experience, according to the Financial Advis...
Accountants with a limited authority have constituted one of the largest groups of those who might choose to opt out of being a financial adviser in the future and hand b...
Jan McClelland has been jointly appointed to chair the Life Code Compliance Committee by the Financial Services Council and the Australian Financial Complaints Authority....
Gavin Fineff sourced over $5 million form clients and individuals as loans and, without their knowledge, gambled and lost a significant amount of those funds, according t...
EC Audit and its director, Robert Evett, will be the first ever in Australia to face criminal charges for failure to comply with auditing standards....
Amir Ansari has been appointed as global head of product design at the financial services technology firm. ...
Metrics Credit Partners has appointed three investment directors, two from Investec Australia's corporate and acquisition finance team which was acquired by Metrics earli...
The corporate regulator and the Reserve Bank will have more power to intervene to manage a crisis and preemptively identify and manage risks in financial market infrastru...
While the Australian exchange traded fund industry continued to deliver strong growth in May, helped by sharemarket appreciation and growing net flows, the listed investm...
Investors in the ActiveX Ardea Real Outcome Bond fund will have more global exposure going forward after the removal of the 25% global bond limit. ...
Despite 400 new entrants doing their professional year, this number is far below what is required to sustain the industry....
There is a ‘lost generation’ of advisers unable to progress in their careers as business owners are reluctant to sell up, according to Succession Plus....
If existing advisers are classed as “ceased” by the end of 2021 and have not passed the FASEA exam they will not be classified as a ‘new entrant’ in 2022 if they want ret...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...