FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

ASIC has identified financial advice as one of the most critical factors in protecting consumers and will continue to review the advice provided on complex products. ...

Financial planning

The Assistant Treasurer has denied claims by industry funds that changes to FOFA will water down consumer protection....

Financial planning

Industry Super Australia worries that changes to FOFA will bring conflicted remuneration back to financial advice....

Financial planning

Planners still required to provide FDS until FOFA amendments become law....

Financial planning

The release of draft amendments to FOFA have been welcomed but representative bodies still to pick through the details...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has released draft FOFA amendments which it will introduce by regulation wherever possible...

Financial planning

Industry Super Australia wants the Government’s FSR process to traverse conflicts of interest and the role of sales and advice personnel....

Financial planning

Boutique Financial Planners Principals' Group (BFPPG) has renewed its push for transparent licensee ownership disclosure, hoping the rounding off of FOFA reforms will all...

Financial planning

The threat of regulatory change has outranked cyber crime and PR disasters as the greatest risk to the financial services industry, a survey shows. ...

Financial planning

FOFA reforms have not impacted recruitment within financial services, with some businesses looking to increase staff numbers....

Financial planning

Recruitment expert says hiring activity in wealth management is currently at its highest levels in two years....

Policy & Regulation

Large number of planning practices ready to act on grandfathering amendments after preparing in advance....

Life/Risk

The provision of advice during life insurance claims should be part of an holistic advice model but has been largely ignored....

Financial planning

The demand for financial advice is quickly rising, with industry super funds expected to deliver, according to an Investment Trends report....

Superannuation

Changes to FOFA highlight the need for specialist SMSF advice, according to SPAA....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 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 5 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 day 10 hours ago

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

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