Doubts raised about validity of FASEA code and exam A Queensland academic has raised serious doubts about the legal underpinnings of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics and, by implication, the veracity of the adviser exam. For more.

TPB consultation paper could lead to 40+ hrs adviser CPE The Tax Practitioners Board latest consultation paper could result in greater training requirements for advisers. For more.

Restrictions on super choice inefficient and unacceptable: Govt The Government is committed to removing restrictions regarding superannuation fund choice but will not prevent a default fund being specified in an award. For more.

Midwinter grows sales, marketing and customer service teams Andrew Whelan, Christine Murr and Deborah Dalziel have been added to the cloud-based financial advice software business. For more.

Which technology fund is a winner? As the Australian Securities Exchange launches a new All-Tech index, which technology funds have performed the best over the past year? For more.

What is the real purpose of the Retirement Income Review? The strident voices of a number of Government backbenchers should prompt some serious questioning around the real objective of the Government’s Retirement Income Review. For more.

InFocus: How an end to grandfathering brings an end to adviser subsidies Mike Taylor writes that the transition of Count Financial advice practices to a user-pays model has starkly revealed the degree to which the end to grandfathering has also ended so-called adviser subsidies. For more.