The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed that it helped fund a consumer submission by two Griffith University academics to the Financial Adviser...
The standing aside of Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair, James Shipton, points to fundamental issues with respect to the regulator....
Financial advice needed to focus on improving the value of advice, rather than focusing solely on the cost, according to a panel....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled it wants to remove barriers to the use of scaled advice via a consultation process....
Seven super funds have been classifying new members as ‘smokers’ by default and over 5,000 members will receive $3.6 million in compensation....
The Government needs to accept that the Royal Commission did not get everything right and that it needs to put aside its politically expedient rubber-stamp where advice w...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority have welcomed the proposed reforms aimed at increasing the role of...
Former director of Spectrum Wealth Advisers, Mark Schroeder, has been banned from providing financial services for six years following numerous compliance failures....
The superannuation industry has been urged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to focus more on improving life insurance outcomes for its members....
The quality of advice provided by retail funds and industry funds have been found to be similar, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....
Intra-fund advice fees will be rolled up into administration fees and costs and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has foreshadowed moving on fees and c...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has foreshadowed court action in the wake of a review of fee disclosure statements and renewal notices which uncovere...
Former Apogee adviser, Jihad Soleiman has been banned for six years for unqualified self-managed superannuation fund advice....
It will be up to the Government to determine whether superannuation funds will be able to use member cross-subsidies to fund intra-fund advice, according to the Australia...
Mike Taylor writes that 2019 proved challenging for the financial advice industry not least because of the Royal Commission and the Government’s determination to impleme...
trustees are already requesting such confirmations when advisory fees (even via fixed term agreements) are deducted from...
CSLR should be broken down into 2 sub sectors, one for product manufacturers and one for financial advisers. Product ma...
We must stand up and show our opposition to both the ASIC Levy and CSLR as they both contribute to the high cost of advi...