EDITORIAL

There will always be a big question mark over whether churn was a real problem or a handy political lever, but the outcome represents the exercise of pragmatic politics....

Mike Taylor writes that the Productivity Commission’s consideration of alternative default models represents the real superannuation idealogical battleground....

The Federal Court may have found that Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis breached their duties as directors of Storm Financial but the issues around the Storm collapse are big...

There can be no doubting how many life/risk advisers remain aggrieved by the LIF outcome, but bi-partisan Parliamentary support means there is no unscrambling the omelett...

Eric Blewitt points to the benefits of social media for financial advisers and listening to the questions, not the answers....

Mike Taylor writes that the major parties need to understand that notwithstanding the delicate make-up of the Senate, it is time to end the uncertainty around superannuat...

The Government has commissioned a timely review of the external dispute resolution schemes covering financial services, but it should focus more on equity and effectivene...

Association of Financial Advisers chief executive, Brad Fox, argues that planners will need to become increasingly adaptive to cope with the rapid rate of change occurrin...

Financial planners should brace themselves for a further period of political and policy uncertainty and possibly rue the lost opportunities of 2013-16. ...

There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the aged care industry needs the same sort of regulatory oversight as financial planning, including a best interests d...

Mike Taylor writes that ASIC’s proposal for a regulatory sandbox may prove to be a decisive element in the growth of Australian fintechs....

Federal Opposition leader, Bill Shorten, has declared that a Labor victory will bring forth a Royal Commission into the banks but the reality is that all sections of the ...

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