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Financial Planning Association backs finfluencer crackdown
ASIC’s recent crackdown on “finfluencers” spruiking online financial advice through social media channels without proper licensin, has been...
Switch to regtech - ASIC to finfluencers
ASIC says Regtech could be a great solution after it effectively banned finfluencers from giving unlicensed financial advice with hefty prison time and...
Stockbrokers association drops financial advice monitor
The Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association (SAFAA) is changing its name to the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association (SIAA). The subtle...
ASIC warns fundies on "misleading" marketing, wholesale exemption
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cast a spotlight on the managed funds industry by commencing surveillance into the marketing of...
Finfluencers warned on the blurred line of financial advice
The financial services industry has not been immune from the socialisation and digitisation trend, with finfluencers now among the most powerful voices in the...
Strong support for the newly formed The Principals' Community
The Principals’ Community, steered by Kon Costas, has received strong support from the independent advisory community after parting ways with BT...
Quality of advice terms confirmed, appoints Levy as Chair
Year after year of growing compliance requirements placed on the financial advice sector likely came to a crescendo with the Financial Services Royal...
Abolish safe harbour, increase wholesale to $5m should be priorities
The Financial Services Council, which represents more than 100 member companies and is the peak body for the corporate financial services sector this week...
Senate inquiry highlights challenge facing advisory market
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort, or CSLR, has become something of a lightning rod for the finance industry in 2022; and yet we are less than a month...
Dixon Advisory files for voluntary administration
On Wednesday, Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Services, the division of ASX-listed E&P Financial Group (ASX:EP1) that was focused on delivering...
Time to take a stand on punitive financial advice compliance
Dissatisfied with the way in which financial advisers are being treated, the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) has taken a...