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Editorial
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 ...
Financial planning
Tower Australia Limited has warned that any increase in capital requirements imposed on insurers may ultimately impact consumers....
Financial planning
A new survey reveals the extent to which regulators are failing to deliver timely answers to Parliament....
Financial planning
A new survey reveals the extent to which regulators are failing to deliver timely answers to Parliament....
Editorial
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...
Financial planning
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...
Superannuation
SMSFs have been confirmed as the largest segment of the superannuation sector, but average balances are still below $500,000....
Financial planning
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...
Financial planning
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...
Financial planning
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...
Financial planning
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...
Life/Risk
If banks and insurers could improve transparency, it would yield benefits around regulatory capital requirements, according to an actuarial study conducted by Ernst &...
Superannuation
Industry funds remain the fastest-growing segment of the mainstream superannuation sector....
Financial planning
ASIC and APRA outed as being least transparent on use of coercive powers....
Financial planning
Lloyds extends presence in Australia by becoming an ADI....
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Podcast
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...