With the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes legislation on the horizon next year, licensees need to decide whether they are going to take a hands-off approach or use it...
Shadow minister for financial services, Luke Howarth, has reassured the industry that the Coalition “won’t go back to the drawing board” when it comes to implementing the...
ASIC has updated some of its documentation in line with the DBFO Act receiving royal assent, with licensees reminded to stay on top of the changes....
The first Delivering Better Financial Outcomes bill has now passed both the Senate and the House of Representatives....
The Delivering Better Financial Outcomes bill has been passed in the Senate following amendments....
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand has appointed a financial advice leader who joins following 20 years at CPA Australia....
The Financial Advice Association Australia has detailed strategies that can improve advice efficiencies without the need for legislation....
A group of licensees have put together a petition calling on the government to fix major issues around the CSLR levy and Delivering Better Financial Outcomes legislation....
The Senate economics legislation committee has recommended Schedule 1 of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes legislation be passed as it is a “faithful implementatio...
The Senate economics legislation committee has pushed back the release of its findings on the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes bill, the same day as the Coalition wri...
Financial advice platform Otivo has launched a compliance tool for financial advisers to publish and audit their statements of advice....
ASIC has told the Senate economics committee that it expects the requirement for superannuation trustees to check Statements of Advice won’t be “highly prescriptive” and ...
Appearing before the Senate economics committee, WT Financial managing director Keith Cullen has described the first tranche of QAR legislation as a “ticking time bomb” i...
As the FAAA and FSC prepare to appear before the Senate economics committee today to discuss the QAR, the date coincides with one year since the government published its ...
Licensees are being urged to be more flexible with their compliance obligations as advisers say they have lost sight of how the rules actually work....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...