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Financial Advice
112 published works
Bright Law Blog
Superannuation consumer protection changes announced
The Government has announced changes to strengthen consumer protections in the Australian superannuation, advice and investment system.The changes will affect APRA-Regulated Superannuation funds as well as self-managed super funds, Managed…
Bright Law Blog
ASIC treatment of generic financial calculators
ASIC has issued ASIC Corporations (Generic Calculators) Instrument 2026/41 to give relief to providers of generic financial calculators from the requirement to hold an Australian financial services licence with an…
Banking, Finance and Securities
Let’s talk asset management: Episode 22 – FCA multi-firm review of consolidation in the financial advice and wealth management sector
By Hannah Meakin (UK), Lucy Dodson (UK), Charlotte Carnegie
In the latest episode of our Let’s talk asset management series Hannah Meakin, Lucy Dodson and Charlotte Carnegie discuss the FCA’s recent multi-firm review of consolidation in the financial advice…
Global Financial Regulatory Blog
FCA Review Highlights Important Considerations for Acquisitions in the Financial Advice and Wealth Management Sector
Regulator’s findings emphasise the need for sound risk management, appropriate group structuring, and prudent use of debt. By Becky Critchley, Ella McGinn, and Charlotte Collins On 31 October 2025, the…
Banking, Finance and Securities
ASIC Financial advice update – August 2025
By Lucinda McCann, Liz Hastilow
On 8 August 2025, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) published its latest Financial advice update which provides a round-up of regulatory developments and issues affecting financial advice. Among other…
Joe Raczynski | Technologist
From Freakouts to Forecasts: How AI Is Changing the Game in Finance
Cambridge, MA – MIT EmTechAI: Andrew Lo, Director of the Laboratory for Financial Engineering at MIT Sloan School of Management, offers a pragmatic and nuanced perspective on how AI-particularly large…
Bill Madden's Blog
Protected Estates Financial Advice Protocol
By Bill Madden
Re Protected Estates Financial Advice Protocol [2025] NSWSC 311 (Link to Caselaw). Orders made (under the NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009 NSW, section 64) establishing a protocol governing the…
Bill Madden's Blog
Protective jurisdiction: Application for change of manager.
By Bill Madden
Re KT and JC, Protected Persons [2025] NSWSC 306 (Link to Caselaw). In each of two cases, orders were made for removal and replacement of an institutional manager of a…
Allens Insights
Another tranche of proposed financial advice changes lands
By Allens
The QAR recommended that superannuation fund trustees should be able to provide personal advice to their members about their interests in the fund, taking into account the member’s personal circumstances,…
Legal Theory Blog
Schwarcz, Baker, & Logue on Regulating AI Financial Advisors
Daniel Schwarcz (University of Minnesota Law School), Tom Baker (University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School), & Kyle D. Logue (University of Michigan Law School) have posted Regulating Robo-advisors in an…