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Financial planning
Amid concern and confusion around how the Australian Securities and Investments Commission yearly opt-in and fee disclosure will work, adviser groups are urging flexibili...
Financial planning
An Australian Securities and Investments Commission document providing tips for financial advisers on how to deal with the new fee disclosure regime has served to highlig...
Policy & Regulation
The likely introduction of a Director Identification Number (DIN) next year may put paid to some controversial multiple directorship in the financial services industry....
Superannuation
Assumptions in retirement income projections provided by super funds need to be reviewed and made more consistent, according to Willis Towers Watson....
Financial planning
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees says the Australian Securities and Investments Commission report into financial advice by superannuation funds highlig...
Financial planning
Former financial adviser Mustafa Mohammed, MyWealth Manager and other related entities are being investigated by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission....
Policy & Regulation
Unsolicited cold call sales of direct life insurance and consumer credit insurance are to be banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed the reliance of superannuation funds on general advice and the regulator’s concerns about vertical inte...
Financial planning
The quality of advice provided by retail funds and industry funds have been found to be similar, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....
Superannuation
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s attempt to improve RG 97 will fail to provide a single measure that incorporates the effect of fees and costs, accor...
Financial planning
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has said it will take the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics into account in making its determi...
Financial planning
South Australian adviser Wendy Chapman has been banned for five years, while Queensland adviser Nina Williams has received a one-year ban....
Policy & Regulation
Intra-fund advice fees will be rolled up into administration fees and costs and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has foreshadowed moving on fees and c...
Funds management
While the amount of exchange traded fund offerings has exceeded 200 there are still gaps for more offerings, according to ETF Securities....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has foreshadowed court action in the wake of a review of fee disclosure statements and renewal notices which uncovere...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...