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The FSC is pressing the Goverment to form a financial services export coordination body....
Financial planning
TFS rewards Countplus with a further planning network growth and the taking of strategic stakes in member practices....
Financial planning
Despite the success of Government initiatives it will take a generation to bring about significant change in Australians’ financial literacy, Parliamentary secretary to t...
Financial planning
The Chief Ombudsman has sought to refute claims that FOS is unaccountable and in urgent need of review....
Financial planning
Allegations of “unsound and unreasonable” findings by the Financial Ombudsman Service are behind calls for an “urgent review” of the service....
Financial planning
Premium Wealth Management has confirmed its shareholders are considering an approach from Australian Unity....
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has refused to conede that the Government’s FOFA changes will generate more risk....
Life/Risk
APRA has revealed a number of insuers are in run-off mode because they are no longer viable....
Financial planning
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority claims 11 entities it regulates are in the “intensive care ward” but doesn’t name them....
Financial planning
FPA chairman, Matthew Rowe wants planners to be individually registered with ASIC as part of a fully enforceable professional code of conduct....
Funds management
More wealthy Australians are showing philanthropy, with many establishing record numbers of private ancillary funds since the GFC....
Financial planning
Industry advocate groups have broadly welcomed the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) interim report’s vow to lift the education bar for advisers, but one has questioned the ...
Financial planning
The FSC announces John Brogden has stepped down as Financial Services Council chief. ...
Editorial
Andy Schmulow argues that the controvesy surrounding ASIC and its handling of the Commonwealth Bank have seriously damaged the financial planning industry and left few pe...
Editorial
As scathing as the Senate Committee’s report into ASIC’s handling of the Commonwealth Financial Planning enforceable undertaking may have been, the answer does not lie in...
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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...