FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION

Financial planning

The arrival of the Financial Services Reform Act in March last year engendered mixed feelings among those working in the financial services industry. At the corporate end...

Financial planning

Financial Planners will face tougher conduct guidelines after a new code of practice was issued today, raising the bar on disclosure and urging advisers to give up commis...

Financial planning

The Australian Shareholders’ Association is fighting the Government’s proposed watering down of the ‘100-member rule’ for placing a resolution on the agenda of a company’...

Accounting

The financial planning and fund management industries will push for accountants to be expelled from a Financial Services Reform Act exemption, claiming they will oversell...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association has welcomed a suggestion by the Minister for Administration and Finance, Nick Minchin, that he is in favour of abolishi...

Financial planning

Women could be the big winners from the superannuation co-contribution scheme for low income workers, with more than 126,000 expected to have their retirement savings top...

Financial planning

Fund managers and product providers may still fail to meet the deadline for compliance with the new dollar disclosure regime despite the Australian Securities and Investm...

Financial planning

Without a doubt, the introduction of the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) on March 11 was a watershed for the industry....

Financial planning

Financial planners are expected to get the first glimpse at the latest get tough approach to policing the profession this week, with the Financial Planning Association (F...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has re-elected Perpetual Trustees managing director David Deverall, MLC chief executive retail investment Stephen...

Financial planning

Equity markets are firing, clients are safe in the knowledge that the financial services industry is now governed by one of the world’s most rigorous consumer protection ...

Superannuation

So you think there is nothing to vote for at the upcoming federal election? If you are a financial planner, think again, writes Rebecca Evans....

Financial planning

Platform provider Navigator today became the latest fund manager to roll-out its own Term Allocated Pension products ahead of law changes that will see the new income str...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association has honoured some of the industry’s leading authorities in technical services, taxation, public policy and administratio...

Financial planning

The internal debate around transparency in the funds management industry has been very damaging, and it is now at risk of further regulation of the value chain, according...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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

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

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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