Super funds rejecting intra-fund advice relief and turning to the associated Regulatory Guide to develop advice offerings....
Reverse mortgage products are attracting a new breed of strategic senior borrowers who are proving the industry’s naysayers wrong, argues MARTIN LYNCH....
While many advisers are now making the transition from commissions to a fee based remuneration, many admit they don't have it right yet....
The Financial Ombudsman Service wants ASIC to be empowered to better track the movement of planners between groups....
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has named the corporate regulator, along with itself and Storm Financial, as one of the key stakeholders involved in the circumstances ...
The chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has hinted that the basis for the Corporations Act and ASIC's role may be re-examined....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's proposed consumer education campaign 'Swimming Between the Flags' could leave it open to prosecution, according to ...
The Financial Planning Association has responded to a decision by Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) not to use its Continuing Education assess...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is in consultation with Timbercorp scheme growers pushing for the appointment of a responsible entity to 14 sc...
Some researchers have expressed concern over a request from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that planners send samples of product research used to fo...
Planners served notice by regulator but reports of home and office raids incorrect....
Balmain Trilogy has lodged a notice with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission under the Corporations Act requiring the regulator to register Trilogy as th...
The Bank of Queensland has issued a brief statement confirming it is the subject of an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....
The WA Financial Services Forum has written to ASIC requesting it publish any reports from its Quality of Advice project in the 'interests of transparency'....
The Financial Ombudsman Service appears set to be able to accept complaints by consumers against financial advisers up to a value of $500,000 from next year....
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...