FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY

Financial planning

David Bradbury replaces Bill Shorten in Financial Services portfolio....

Policy & Regulation

FSC chief John Brogden has written to the new Labor government asking for FOFA to be extended until 1 July, 2014....

Financial planning

Tumultuous events in Canberra open the question of who will get the Financial Services portfolio....

Financial planning

ASIC seeks industry input on a shift to higher knowledge and skills levels for planners. ...

Accounting

Accountants accept TASA outcome, saying it is the ultimate outcome rather than the journey that matters. ...

Editorial

The appeals of the FPA for a further extension of the TASA implementation seemed to be falling on deaf ears, with the Assistant Treasurer, David Bradbury, seeming determi...

Financial planning

An Auditor-General’s report is unlikely to dampen financial services industry grumbling about how AUSTRAC is funded....

Financial planning

It was not a formal valedictory but Financial Services Minister, Bill Shorten, used an FSC function to thank those involved in the FOFA and financial services policy chan...

Financial planning

The Federal Opposition will fight for changes to the TASA timetable in Parliament, but will revisit the issue post-election if the Parliamentary battle fails....

Financial planning

The majority report of the PJC clears the way for TASA legislation with the only concession being a transition period....

Editorial

Law firms seem to be rubbing their hands together amid increased consolidation in the financial services industry. Justin Whealing reports....

Editorial

The Future of Financial Advice regime will become law from 1 July, but as the Financial Services Council’s Cecilia Storniolo points out, many questions vital to the finan...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned former Lifestyle Group chief executive Murray John Priestley from providing financial services for ...

Financial planning

New research reveals degree to which Australians are embracing technology in their banking habits....

Financial planning

While most of the financial services industry expects business activity to grow over the next year, most employers continue to remain cautious about increasing salaries i...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months ago

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

7 months 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. ...

4 weeks 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...

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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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