The Federal Government has been taken to task for causing consumer uncertainty by taking an undue amount of time to deliver a new legislative framework covering the finan...

Mandatory flood cover will not solve the problem of repeated flooding to at-risk areas, the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has warned....

As the financial services sector braces for major change flagged by the Federal Government more than a year ago, companies within the industry are becoming increasingly v...

There seems to be a sizeable gap between boutique dealer groups and major institutions in terms of financial planner recruitment this year, as the two sectors face differ...

Federal Government moves to ban risk commissions have been labelled 'poor policy' amid entrenched financial planner opposition to the FOFA reforms. This and more in the l...

The Institute of Public Accountants has called for clarity on how carbon tax will impact small and medium businesses....

The Government has released a legislative draft covering charities giving ATO greater powers....

The Association of Financial Advisers has demanded the Government explain the actual benefits of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) proposals....

The Federal Government has produced a discussion paper detailing its savings incentives....

The Treasury has declined to say whether banning commissions on life/risk products in super will end up making such products more expensive....

The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) has called on the Federal Government to extend legal privilege to tax advice provided by professional tax advisers....

The Federal Government has handed Medicare responsibility for administering compassionate early release superannuation....

Many financial planners have lost faith in the Federal Government’s willingness to inject balance into FOFA and, as Mike Taylor writes, this attitude was not helped by re...

The Government has been urged to improve default fund arrangements, as more negative reports emerge about MTAA Super....