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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that FOFA is already beginning to change the shape and texture of the financial planning industry – something likely to be reflected in a rash of annou...

Superannuation

The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has signed up to a UN committee that supports approximately 300,000 advisers globally....

Financial planning

Almost all financial advice was scoped to a point, so lines between scaled and complex advice are quite blurred, according to AMP director of advice Scott Machin....

Financial planning

An investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has led to the conviction of a former NSW-based mortgage broker....

Funds management

ETF broker Susquehanna Pacific Pty Ltd has paid a penalty of $25,000 for switching off the price filter in its automated order processing system for ETFs, according to AS...

Life/Risk

Former director of insurance broker offers enforceable undertaking to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)....

Financial planning

Victims of the Trio collapse are threatening to campaign against the Government during the upcoming Federal election, alleging a cover-up encompassing the regulators....

Editorial

There are signs a lack of precision in the legislation has left too much to the interpretation of ASIC in translating FOFA into workable regulations....

Financial planning

Some planners are worried that PI requirements risk compromising best interest allocations....

Financial planning

Financial planning licensees need to take a close look at their Approved Product Lists (APLs) to ensure they are sufficiently broad, according to Minter Ellison partner R...

Financial planning

Despite new disclosure requirements being welcome by most of the industry, articulating the value-add of investment research to consumers is left up to the interpretation...

Financial planning

While the ultimate shape of FOFA might depend on who wins the next Federal election, financial planners will have a busy year ahead nevertheless, writes the FPA’s Dante D...

Financial planning

The Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) is seeking clarity from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) regarding the circumstances b...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended the class order relief for funded representatives involved in the winding up of an insolvent comp...

Editorial

Mike Taylor argues that if financial planners are to follow a template for becoming a profession, they should choose medicine over the law....

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