COMPLIANCE
Financial planning
ASIC claims to have been misinterpreted and that it will now consider matters relating to the RBA/Iraq bribery allegations....
Life/Risk
Licensees using PI insurance to stop free movement of advisers to competitors....
Accounting
A Queensland accountant who helped his clients avoid paying more than a million dollars in tax has been sentenced to six years in prison. ...
Financial planning
ASX chairman Rick Holliday-Smith has congratulated the two ASX board members who stood down last week....
Financial planning
Lawyers target planners as ASIC says PI is a risk management tool rather than a consumer protection mechanism....
Editorial
Milana Pokrajac takes a look at the troubled dealer group WealthSure, its history and its plan to change what the regulator deemed a bad compliance culture. ...
Financial planning
ASIC announces EU for Spring Financial Group ahead of Federal Court proceedings against an AR....
Financial planning
Adviser required to give up authorised representative status...
Financial planning
A new ASIC report has revealed how the regulator is allowing or rejecting planner remuneration arrangements....
Accounting
ASIC data reveals the accountants’ limited licensing regime is already gaining traction....
Financial planning
New research suggests one in four financial services firms running core systems on legacy technology....
Funds management
ASIC has released information on how credit licensees should be using its MoneySmart calculator to provide reverse mortgage equity projections to clients....
Superannuation
The Superannuation Complaints Tribunal has acknowledged the existence of a backlog of complaints....
Financial planning
SFG Australia has officially launched a licensee service model in response to growing demand for back-end support from boutique Australian Financial Services Licensees. ...
Superannuation
The requirement to hold an AFSL when providing advice should extend to SMSF property spruikers, says ASFA....
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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...