FINANCIAL SERVICES

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is insisting it has empathy for financial planning licensees because it has both former advisers and paraplanners in ...

Funds management

The industry funds-owned IFM Investors is suggesting that the Liberal-dominated House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics is unreasonably singling it out f...

Financial planning

Despite much of the job market struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic, financial and insurance services have seen a boost in openings in June. ...

Policy & Regulation

The implementation of recommendations from the Royal Commission will be deferred for six months to allow the industry to deal with the impact of COVID-19....

Financial planning

Some 90% of Australians think that the finance sector has a crucial role to play in generating positive environmental and economic outcomes, according to the Responsible ...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has released its new regulatory framework for foreign financial services providers who are providing services to Austr...

Policy & Regulation

Superannuation fund trustees will not be able to resort to members’ funds held in trust to pay civil penalties arising from the new Financial Accountability Regime....

Policy & Regulation

Experience in the United Kingdom suggests it may be a lot more expensive to recruit and retain senior executives under the Government’s proposed new Financial Accountabil...

Funds management

According to deVere Group, coronavirus, as well as other geopolitical and trade tensions, could push the world to the brink of a recession....

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has canvassed the imposition of capital requirements on advice licensees as part of any compensation scheme of last resort at the same time...

Financial planning

The global financial services industry has seen deals for December 2019 stand at $32 billion, according to GlobalData’s deals database....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has permanently banned Nicholas Ellis who was previously banned for six years for dishonest conduct....

Policy & Regulation

Accountants, doctors and other should be excluded from the coverage of claims handling as a financial service and insurers should be allowed to continue giving ‘factual s...

Life/Risk

Legislation surrounding the regulation of claims handling may have insurers and related parties look to fall under a single Australian Financial Services License to ease ...

Financial planning

The Australian financial services sector must address six critical challenges in order to navigate risks and opportunities, according to the Australian Sustainable Financ...

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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’...

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

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

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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 ...

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

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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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