The Financial Advice Association Australia has confirmed it has met with newly appointed Minister for Financial Services, Daniel Mulino, to discuss DBFO and the CSLR....
In conjunction with the accounting associations, the FAAA has released a comprehensive guide breaking down what advisers need to know about tax deductibility of advice fe...
The FAAA is calling for regulators to take a partnership approach with financial advisers regarding incoming legislation, rather than treating the industry as “guinea pig...
Despite the government agreeing to replace SOAs with CARs, the FAAA and SIAA believe greater streamlining of documentation is needed for the change to have a positive imp...
The association has expressed its support for the Opposition’s commitment to making financial advice a “national priority”, alongside its bold target of reaching 30,000 a...
With just over three weeks until the federal election, the FAAA has put a reduction in red tape and further support for new entrants on its priority list for an incoming ...
The Financial Advice Association Australia has said it is unwilling to support the latest Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms unless substantial changes are made...
AFCA’s Shail Singh has encouraged financial advisers, who are often the first to hear about examples of misconduct, to speak up and report such activity if they seek self...
Industry bodies have welcomed a government announcement that it will reform the education standards for financial advisers by opening up the number of approved degrees th...
In its pre-budget submission, the FAAA has proposed a government assistance package that could see up to 1,000 financial advice practices receive $10,000 each for hiring ...
The FAAA has secured CSLR-related documents under the FOI process, after an extended four-month wait, which show little analysis was done on how the scheme’s cost would a...
The FAAA and AFCA are in disagreement regarding how much of an industry collapse, such as Dixon Advisory, relates to product failure and how much relates to advice. ...
The FAAA is actively exploring and has sought legal advice on how the problem of phoenixing AFSLs can be avoided to prevent the burden falling on the CSLR and the advice ...
The FAAA is hopeful that it can achieve co-regulation by 2030, acting as a stepping stone towards its ultimate goal of a fully self-regulated financial advice profession ...
Formalising its arrangement to bring international advisers to Australia, the FAAA has signed an international memorandum of understanding with FPSB India. ...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...