With the Gillard Government believed certain to impose client 'opt in' arrangements on financial planners, Mike Taylor writes that some serious questions are being asked ...
Tower Australia Limited has warned that any increase in capital requirements imposed on insurers may ultimately impact consumers....
A new survey reveals the extent to which regulators are failing to deliver timely answers to Parliament....
A new survey reveals the extent to which regulators are failing to deliver timely answers to Parliament....
The life insurance market represented a driver for growth in the financial services industry last year and, according to Tower's Jim Minto, there is little likelihood the...
Australia is still lagging behind international standards when it comes to gender diversity on company boards, according to new research from the Australian Prudential Re...
SMSFs have been confirmed as the largest segment of the superannuation sector, but average balances are still below $500,000....
In the wake of former Astarra Asset Management investment manager Shawn Richard pleading guilty to taking more than $6.4 million in undisclosed payments, the details of o...
The Government’s measured response to the 177 recommendations put forth in the Cooper Review has been broadly welcomed by the industry, with agreement reached on mo...
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) have agreed to help authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADI) adhere to n...
A joint move by ASIC and APRA to suspend Trio Capital (formerly Astarra Capital) as trustee of four superannuation funds and a pooled super trust generated significant co...
If banks and insurers could improve transparency, it would yield benefits around regulatory capital requirements, according to an actuarial study conducted by Ernst &...
Industry funds remain the fastest-growing segment of the mainstream superannuation sector....
ASIC and APRA outed as being least transparent on use of coercive powers....
Lloyds extends presence in Australia by becoming an ADI....
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,...