An Investment Trends survey conducted two months before FOFA came into effect revealed only 23 per cent of financial planners felt ready....
ASIC will continue its crackdown on the mis-selling of hybrid securities. ...
Credit Union Australia (CUA) has agreed to maintain interest rate discounts for eligible home loan customers after concerns were raised about misleading advertisements. ...
ASIC is proposing to step away from approving training courses for financial advisers, leaving it to education providers to self-assess their own courses....
Former Lionsgate representative permanently banned....
Synchron’s John Prossor claims a repeat of the AFS brokerage losses can be avoided by paying advisers without delay....
BOQ hit by $34.5 million in refunds to 4 per cent of its customer base....
Life insurance companies and other institutions will receive a 12-month transition period on implementing APRA’s risk management requirements, the regulator has announced...
A former director of Trio who says he departed his role long before the collapse and after citing governance issues has strongly criticised APRA....
ISN chief David Whiteley has urged the next elected government to give FOFA a chance before abandoning it completely. ...
APRA has commenced proceedings in the Australian Federal Court seeking the disqualification of former Trio Capital director David Millhouse....
AFA calls for clarity after Court rules brokerage account not reserved for advisers....
New research claims industry funds are unlikely to regain their competitive advantage and warns the default fund regime will not benefit employers....
Regulator releases new rules but states concerns not as serious as first claimed. ...
The Federal Court has deemed unfair the $82.5 million settlement between Storm Financial investors and Macquarie Bank. ...
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...