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Multiple financial services organisations, including the FSC and FAAA, are calling for better handling of financial abuse, with financial advisers being “uniquely positio...

Funds management

The Treasury has announced its latest roadmap to support growth in Australia’s sustainable finance markets and tackle greenwashing, including several upcoming milestones....

Funds management

The Financial Services Council is proposing making the sophisticated investor test less subjective as currently wholesale fund managers are hesitant to apply it....

Financial planning

With Fortnum Private Wealth and Professional Financial Services now unified under the Entireti umbrella company, CEO Neil Younger has detailed to Money Management the fir...

Features

The FSC and FAAA have pinpointed the small wins and losses in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ third budget, noting that successfully achieving change can be a "hard grind" for th...

Financial planning

Advisers could find themselves unable to receive the fair market price of their advice as the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes legislation states superannuation trust...

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has launched the Digital Advice Expert Group to support policy development around digital advice adoption and ensure greater accessibility ...

Financial planning

Sharing his reasoning in joining the FSC board, WT Financial managing director, Keith Cullen, believes “product and advice cannot be separated” from each other in the cur...

Financial planning

The heads of two financial advice licensees have joined the board of the Financial Services Council as it looks to deepen its engagement with the space and strengthen its...

Financial planning

The FSC CEO will join a long line-up of renowned speakers at the inaugural summit. ...

Financial planning

Financial Services Council chief executive, Blake Briggs, is urging Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, to take advantage of the QAR opportunity to reduce reg...

Funds management

The Financial Services Council says the sophisticated investor test needs to be updated to protect consumers....

Financial planning

Wealth Data’s Colin Williams and the Financial Services Council’s CEO Blake Briggs are among industry commentators who have shared their insights into the impact of the H...

Policy & Regulation

With several financial services firms looking to implement AI into their business, the federal government is examining introducing mandatory guardrails to ensure it can b...

Financial planning

The FSC and SIAA have recommended against major changes to the income or product values for the sophisticated investor test, despite a spike in eligible investors, as the...

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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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