Two major life insurers have expressed concerns over proposed Federal Government legislation that gives extensive additional powers to the Australian Prudential Regulatio...
The Federal Government has enforced a wall of confidentiality around the development of the intra-fund advice policy to be applied to super funds, provoking anger among t...
The move by the Association of Financial Advisers to not support the Financial Planning Association’s proposal to transition away from commissions-based financial advice ...
Significant structural changes are looming in the financial services industry, and both companies and financial planners must evolve to meet the new expectations of Gover...
The FPA has expressed disappointment that the Government has used superannuation to fund some Budget initiatives and has warned that tinkering would undermine confidence ...
The wide variation of terms used in the superannuation sphere do little to help consumers engage with their super, and this issue is a glaring omission from Nick Sherry's...
The Federal Government has been warned it will need to tidy up its superannuation measures in the Budget in circumstances where it appears some higher paid politicians an...
Under the Rudd Government's changes pensioners will have to wait longer to become eligible for payments, but while these will be more generous than the existing provision...
The Government has sought to maintain the momentum within the housing sector by extending the period of the increased First Home Owners Grant Scheme by six months, but at...
The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Senator Nick Sherry, has unveiled the legislation that will push trustee companies into Commonwealth jurisdiction and u...
The Federal Government has released the legislation it intends using to end golden handshakes to senior executives, with the draft containing some additional stings....
The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Senator Nick Sherry, has announced another review of the superannuation system, this time backed by the key industry gr...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will create 200 full-time positions to fulfil its obligations in administering the new National Consumer Credit Regim...
Newspaper reports suggest the Government will use the forthcoming Federal Budget to act to prevent financial planners from charging commissions on advice relating to the ...
The Federal Government has moved to help consumers having trouble with their mortgages by lifting the credit protection threshold to $500,000....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....