The corporate regulator’s private markets surveillance work has triggered a consultation into updating its conflicts of ...

Treasury will canvass industry views on how the excess Compensation Scheme of Last Resort levy should be covered. The ...

Former ASIC Commissioner Danielle Press will lead a dedicated committee to enhance oversight and governance as Sequoia tries ...

ASIC initially granted a no-action enforcement position for incorrectly submitted fee consent forms, after Tranche 1 of the ...

New Minister for Financial Services Daniel Mulino has acknowledged investment losses are caused by many “different parts of ...

New Minister for Financial Services Daniel Mulino has listed financial advice reform as among the top priorities of his ...

The industry has welcomed proposals to overhaul the advice licensing regime, contained in a green paper published by the Financial Services Council. But there is some cynicism over the motives behind ...

Fitzpatricks Advice Partners general manager Jasia Fabig will step down from her role to take on a part-time consultancy role with the licensee. Group CEO Andrew Fairweather will take on the added ...

The average number of platforms used by advisers has dropped to two, according to research from Investment Trends. Almost three-quarters of new client flows is being directed to the advisers’ primary ...

On the surface, Australia’s retail life insurance industry appears to be in decent shape, pulling in approximately $9.4 billion in annual premiums and growing annually by 8-9 per cent but, upon closer ...