FSC Launches Get in Shape Advice Summit 2020
The Financial Services Council has announced the launch of its ‘Get in Shape’ Advice Summit set for February 2020.
Organised by the FSC, FMA, MBIE...
Latest Poll – Feeling Stressed?
Our latest poll asks how you're coping as an adviser in the current environment of regulatory change.
Many industry participants are providing advisers with compliance,...
Australian Regulator Demands New Course for IP Sustainability
In a momentous development, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has imposed a prescriptive set of changes on life companies designed to revive the flagging sustainability of...
Insurers Back Newpark’s Adviser Mental Health Initiative
Newpark has confirmed Fidelity Life and nib have offered strong support for the dealer group’s recently launched HeadSpace, a mental health initiative for financial...
News in Brief
FMA Opens Transitional Licensing
Transitional licensing opened this week on Monday 25 November.
Click here to apply for a transitional licence.
The FMA has also released a...
Poll Results – Advisers Well-Prepared for Licensing
Our latest poll asked when and if you would be applying for a transitional licence to operate as a financial advice provider under the...
FMA Imposes Two Standard Conditions for Transitional Licences
The Financial Markets Authority has announced it has imposed two standard conditions for transitional licensing, after considering all submissions it received during the consultation...
The End is Nigh…
Managing Director of DCW Management, David Whyte, critiques the different aspects of the approaching regulatory regime, covering disclosure, licensing and adviser remuneration…
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Latest Poll – All Set for Transitional Licensing?
The FMA will now open transitional licensing from 25 November and we ask if and how soon you intend to submit your online application...