The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed 10 financial advice misconduct criminal cases are before the courts with six civil cases also yet to be...

The Financial Services Council is hoping the Quality of Advice review will chart the course to end two decades of regulatory encroachment on the advice industry....

Centrepoint Alliance is urging the advice industry to work together to provide advisers with blockchain-enabled annual consent processes to help optimise advice practices...

The regulatory overreach placed on the industry has led to poor outcomes for advice clients and regulators need to start trusting the industry again, an adviser believes....

The corporate regulator has signed a new memorandum of understanding with the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency regarding alternative investment funds....

The prospect of regulatory changes is impacting peace of mind for many Australians either heading towards or in retirement, according to Investment Trends....

While some fear the regulation of cryptocurrencies, clear regulation of the asset class could open it up to its “full potential” to improve financial ecosystems....

The prudential regulator has released its practice guide on climate change financial risks which will assist banks, insurers and superannuation trustees to manage the fin...

While there could be additional Chinese regulatory change in the future, according to American Century, the asset manager believes the most stringent changes “may be behi...

The regulator has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of disgraced former tax agent Vanda Gould....

October sees the introduction of further Royal Commission recommendations and design and distribution obligations, heaping further pressure on financial advisers. ...

Advisers are being threatened by both increasing regulation and higher educational standards, with the Association of Financial Advisers calling for a “regulatory reset”....

Mounting regulation is turning advisers into “admin assistants with Government records” and Government intervention is needed to maintain limited licensees in the industr...

The regulator has outlined the purpose, design and scope of its climate vulnerability assessment to help regulated entities, including the largest banks, understand and m...