Reports of payments to a union official and a mandate to a property developer have intensified the spotlight on industry superannuation funds governance....

Mike Taylor writes that the Government’s FOFA process has finally produced a genuinely positive outcome in the St John report’s clear analysis of the need for financial p...

Professional Investment Services (PIS) has confirmed to Money Management the departure of chief information officer Len Sanders and the resignation of ASIC concern leader...

Investors are being warned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission of a Gold Coast based unlicensed financial services business operating under the name o...

As ASIC moves to translate the FOFA Acts into a new regulatory environment, there appears every chance that opt-in obligations may need to become an integral part of indu...

Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten canvasses SMSF compensation levy while fingering some financial advisers on Trio Capital collapse....

The code of conduct carve-out to opt-in requirements has led to questions over what happens when there is a disparity between the approach of licensees and the obligation...

The Parliamentary Joint Committee investigating the Trio Capital collapse says it is more troubling than Storm Financial, and the FOFA changes are unlikely to stop a repe...

Opposition urges action to extend compensation to a wider range of Trio Capital investors....

The Federal Opposition believes some segments of the financial planning industry got 'sold a dummy' on the manner in which approved industry codes of conduct would 'obvia...

Compliance consultant Christina Kalantzis has seen an uptick in the number of boutique financial planners looking to 'hand back' their Australian Financial Services Licen...

Professional indemnity premiums are high because insurers have difficulty identifying authorised representatives who have made fraudulent claims in the past, according to...

A study currently being conducted by the University of Adelaide may allow both current and prospective SMSF trustees to make greater cost comparisons, according to Plaza ...

Corporate insolvencies remain at historically high levels, rising by 16.7 per cent in the March quarter compared to the same time last year, according to the latest figur...