AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES
Policy & Regulation
Government delivers additional funding to ASIC for FOFA and a range of other financial services changes....
Financial planning
The financial services regulator is continuing its review of financial requirements for product issuers in various sectors of the industry, with a number of consultation ...
Financial planning
The minimum training requirements for financial planners providing advice on carbon financial products has been finalised by ASIC....
Financial planning
ASIC has rapped 21 financial services licensees across the knuckles for incorrectly marketing themselves as 'independent'....
Superannuation
Many have advocated that accountants simply get licensed if they wish to advise on SMSFs. However, Liz Westover claims the current single licensing model poses many diffi...
Financial planning
Ahead of the introduction of the Federal Government's carbon pricing regime, ASIC has released a regulatory guide outlining new licensing requirements for businesses prov...
Editorial
The Australian financial services industry is facing some serious challenges through 2012 – something which Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden pointe...
Financial planning
In an effort to enhance business-to-business and business-to-client relationships, Australian Financial Services Group Limited' (AFS) has backed mobile technology as the ...
Financial planning
In an effort to enhance business-to-business and business-to-client relationships, Australian Financial Services Group Limited' (AFS) has backed mobile technology as the ...
Superannuation
The Government's draft changes to limited recourse borrowing arrangements with SMSFs have served to clarify the issue....
Financial planning
As more and more financial advisers turn to technology to enhance their business operations, a new mobile communication platform is helping to improve dealer group busine...
Financial planning
ASIC has placed a one-year licence suspension on Lifestyle Investor Services, a Gold Coast-based financial advice practice owned by Robert Wilson, who is otherwise known ...
Financial planning
ASIC has placed a one-year licence suspension on Lifestyle Investor Services, a Gold Coast-based financial advice practice owned by Robert Wilson, who is otherwise known ...
Financial planning
Scaled financial advice is a promising offering receiving a big push from the Government and industry regulators. However, lingering uncertainties are preventing the serv...
Funds management
The Bank of Melbourne is offering a wealth management review to its general banking clients...
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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...