The AFA is working with Treasury to prevent the loss of grandfathering on existing clients when advisers change licensees. ...
ASIC has raised concerns about the standard of record-keeping practices of a number of Australian credit licensees. ...
UBS has paid $30,000 in relation to an infringement notice from the Markets Disciplinary Panel. ...
ASIC has sought court orders that LM First Mortgage Income Fund be wound-up after its collapse earlier this year....
SPAA is urging SMSFs to get quality advice after the ATO announced it would increase its monitoring of the sector. ...
The ATO has set its agenda for targeting high net worths in 2013/14....
An independent expert will monitor the way PIS gives financial advice for the next nine months to ensure the group meets the standards set out in the Enforceable Undertak...
New international data confirms more than half the world’s security exchanges have been targeted by cyber attacks....
A former Bell Potter Securities client adviser has been permanently banned from providing financial services after he was convicted of offences involving dishonesty. ...
ASIC signals it will look to the most senior levels when it detects a bad compliance culture....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released final rules around over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trade reporting obligations for financial i...
Some progress appears to be being made towards finding common ground on life/risk sustainability and churn....
Count founder Barry Lambert predicts in Money Management that commercial reality and the FOFA changes will precipitate the disappearance of more AFSLs....
A new ICAA white paper argues the case for a new Government to recognise the ability of accountants to rebuild community trust in the financial services industry....
The regulator permanently bans a planner and insurance broker in separate actions....
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...