FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR

Financial planning

Ripoll Inquiry chairman Bernie Ripoll signals end to single licensing regime for financial planning industry....

Policy & Regulation

A director of a South Australian-based advice firm has called for a temporary suspension of payroll tax to allow small and medium sized businesses, including advice firms...

Financial planning

Further signs have emerged of a recovery in the financial services jobs market, but off a very low base....

Financial planning

A new survey of employment intentions forecasts a rebound in the last quarter but suggests financial services will not be so buoyant....

Financial planning

The Victorian Government has launched another campaign aimed at attracting financial services companies to the state....

Editorial

WHEN Money Management recently reported that recruitment agencies were advertising non-existent roles, it raised a broader issue of what constitutes acceptable and ethica...

Financial planning

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has called for remuneration and incentive schemes in the financial services sector to be structured to match the long-t...

Financial planning

Corporate governance ranking agency head Lynn Ralph expresses doubt over APRA superannuation league tables....

Financial planning

The Bank of Queensland is believed to have threatened to sue clients of Storm Financial for misrepresenting their income - a response that is now in stark contrast to CBA...

People & Products

Industry representatives have welcomed the appointment of Chris Bowen to the Financial Services portfolio while paying tribute to the efforts of Senator Nick Sherry, who ...

Financial planning

Salary freezes and reductions, job cuts and drawn-out recruitment processes: challenging times lie ahead, but the diversity of the financial services sector means a varie...

Financial planning

Government moves to stamp out risky investment behaviour will lead to greater scrutiny of remuneration in the financial services sector, particularly at the executive lev...

Financial planning

A number of financial services companies, including advice firms, could have to review their employee share options for next year in line with the Federal Budget provisio...

Editorial

Everyone agrees it is difficult to market time and there’s no point in trying to pick the bottom of the market. Yet every second conversation in the markets today revolve...

Financial planning

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission appears to have set a precedent by granting a conditional immunity from prosecution that enables the Mortgage and Finan...

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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...

2 months 4 weeks ago

Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...

3 months 3 weeks ago

It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...

3 months 4 weeks ago

Advice firms are increasing their base salaries by as much as $50k to attract talent, particularly seeking advisers with a portable book of clients, but equity offerings ...

2 weeks 2 days ago

Ahead of the 1 January 2026 education deadline for advisers, ASIC has issued its ‘final warning’ to the industry, reporting that more than 2,300 relevant providers could ...

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ASIC has released the results of the latest financial adviser exam, held in November 2025....

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