Due to growing costs and increasing workload, smaller accounting practices might wish to outsource SMSF administration, writes Olivia Long....
The Government has confirmed the degree to which the financial services industry will be slugged to deliver on elements of its Stronger Super levy....
The same regulator critical of financial planner responses in a shadow shopping exercise has turned in a 100 per cent fail in responding to parliamentary questions on tim...
Superannuation funds "should be as transparent as listed companies", says Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden....
Industry super funds argue for retention of awards in default superannuation funds because they sometimes deliver more than the minimum....
Opposition Senator David Bushby says Government over-egged FOFA but wants the same "zeal" applied to superannuation governance changes....
The collapse of Storm Financial and Trio Capital are cited as the catalysts for strengthening the powers of the regulators via FOFA and Stronger Super, but as Mike Taylor...
Mike Taylor reports that submissions to the Productivity Commission review of default superannuation funds under modern awards have raised important questions about the r...
APRA reveals just how much it costs to travel and regulate....
Australia's current financial markets' regulatory structure gives it an advantage compared to the byzantine structures in other markets, according to Nick Sherry....
APRA admits it has never had data on how commissions impact superannuation balances....
The global financial crisis and heightened volatility have brought defensive funds back into the spotlight. Andrew Hair discusses the characteristics of true defensive as...
A parliamentary committee reveals need for SMSF trustees to be better informed of risk environment....
The Coalition commits to more superannuation change if it gains Government....
The financial services industry may be obliged to dig deeper to fund the implementation of the Government's Future of Financial Advice changes as well as its Stronger Sup...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...