Victims of Financial Fraud group lash Medcraft’s call for tougher penalties, citing regulator’s past failures....
Concerns about the fees being charged on default superannuation funds are prompting calls for the final transition date for savings to be moved to a MySuper account to be...
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is seeking reassurances from lenders that they will monitor lending standards, as concerns about the housing market ...
FPA chairman, Matthew Rowe, has queried the dearth of practicing planners on FSC/AFA insurance working group....
Industry fund lobbyists have had a go at the big banks, saying only $13 billion of savings in bank-owned funds have moved into MySuper....
FSC has claimed the average MySuper fund offered by its members have outperformed the equivalent offering from industry funds...
One of Australia’s corporate regulators has been accused of inconsistency in its policing of new entrants to the financial services space, with smaller innovators unfairl...
Strong growth in total annual contributions to superannuation funds since the GFC driven by improved economic state in US and UK....
A senior Liberal Senator has asked ASIC whether union-based superannuation liaison officers are providing advice....
Poor performance of group products is continuing to impact life insurers’ profits, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s Quarterly Report reveals....
APRA uses draft guidance to tell the banks, AMP Limited, Macquarie, Suncorp and Challenger that operational separation is not an option for avoiding losses....
The financial services regulators have sent a clear message to the life/risk industry about its past mistakes. ...
Super portfolios are an “aggressive constant mix”, leaving investors in the pre- and post-retirement stages at risk....
The Federal Government appears to have more clearly defined the boundaries of stakeholder status for ASIC and APRA....
Treasury issues ‘Statement of Expectations’ to ASIC and other Australian regulators, asking them to adhere to its broad policy framework....
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,...