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Australia’s two key financial services regulators, ASIC and APRA have moved a step closer to concluding their...

With Parliament prorogued and the advice reform agenda incomplete, many in the financial services industry are...

Some sections of the financial planning industry do not have a full understanding of what research houses do and...

If a product receives a glowing review by a research house and subsequently fails, should the research house be...

A major law firm has warned Australian consumers against taking advice from bank financial planners.

Latest research shows up to half of clients using bank-aligned financial planners think their adviser is ‘...

Two large banks have told the PJC that they do not impose sales targets on their financial planners, but revenue...

Financial planners may have won something of a victory in terms of TASA implementation, but the Financial Services...

The Coalition has released a new policy paper which confirms it would amend FOFA to “reduce compliance costs for...

The Federal Opposition has urged new Treasurer, Chris Bowen, to revisit the Government’s approach to Trio/Astarra...

If one issue has clearly defined the divide which continues to exist between financial planners and accountants,...

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

ASIC points to conflicted, commission-driven culture at Commonwealth Financial Planning five years ago.

FPA chief executive Mark Rantall has written to all Federal Parliamentarians urging them not to simply wave...

As the curtain comes down on the current Parliament, financial services players are left to wonder whether the...