FINANCIAL ADVICE

Policy & Regulation

Over 80 per cent of financial services chief executives believe the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms will drive up the cost of operating a financial advisory net...

Financial planning

The provisions concerning general advice raise more questions about where the line is drawn between personal and general advice, according to King & Wood Mallesons specia...

Financial planning

Macquarie Financial Planning Software has launched a new online solution and upgraded its product set....

Financial planning

Industry super fund Equipsuper has undertaken a rebrand to, simply, “Equip”....

People & Products

Camilla Von Pfyffer has joined MLC Accountant Solutions as a business consultant based in Queensland....

Funds management

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is set to shift its focus towards the wealth management industry in 2013, according to Minter Ellison partner Ka...

Policy & Regulation

IOOF has announced a range of changes to the fee structure of its Pursuit platform with an eye to ensuring it is ready for incoming FOFA changes....

Editorial

The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board (APESB) has placed itself in a dangerous place by opting to proceed with the implementation of APES 230 without th...

Financial planning

An updated code of conduct being developed by the big four banks and the Australian Bankers' Association should look to implementing a ban on conflicted remuneration, acc...

Financial planning

Mortgage Choice Financial Planning has embarked on the 'soft launch' of the mortgage broker's planning business, opening the doors to two new franchises....

Financial planning

Decimal's Jan Kolbusz says cloud technology could be the key to providing end-to-end, seamless financial advice....

Editorial

As the planning industry considers ASIC’s consultation paper on conflicted remuneration, Paragem's Ian Knox argues that the spoils will likely go to those with the most t...

Accounting

IPA rejects imposition of APES 230 and flags the development of a more workable alternative standard....

Accounting

The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board has committed to the introduction of the controversial APES 230 effective from 1 July, next year, and subject to t...

Financial planning

The best interests duty appears to have regulatory deficiencies which could be described as the elephants in the room, according to David O’Reilly....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

4 months 3 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

6 months 3 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

2 weeks 3 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

1 week 3 days ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

1 week 4 days ago