Improved data sharing would help super members make better decisions about insurance, the ISWG believes....
Labor’s proposed Royal Commission into the banking and financial services industry represents an inquiry looking for something to inquire about, according to the Ministe...
Australian responsible investment funds continue to outperform their average mainstream counterparts, according to RIAA....
Super funds which look offshore for equity opportunities will face new risks, according to Parametric’s study....
Hamilton Lane has opened a Sydney office in efforts to provide Australian investors with private market investment expertise....
A victims’ group affected by the Trio Capital fraud have alleged incompetence by ASIC in failing to hold to account criminals involved in the fraud case....
Morningstar has downgraded Hunter Hall International’s funds from ‘neutral’ to ‘negative’ following Peter Hall’s resignation, indicating funds management is a personality...
The Federal Government has tasked the Productivity Commission with making far-reaching recommendations on the future of the superannuation industry with particular refere...
The ABA said today the industry’s Code of Banking Practice was on track to be finalised by the end of the 2017, which it said was ambitious but necessary....
The Life Insurance Code of Practice regime started on 1 July and has included new minimum medical definitions....
The superannuation industry has told the Government it does not want to cross-subsidise the failures of other financial services sectors via a last resort compensation sc...
Dexus has entered into a joint venture with Commercial & General to establish a new wholesale unlisted healthcare fund....
The Association of Financial Advisers has pushed back on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s rules around who can and cannot use the term ‘independent’...
Regulations for intra-fund advice should be modified to enable mass recommendations to millions of super members on their retirement, perhaps even through carve-outs....
Technology-based insurance solutions have moved from the least commonly used fintech service to the second most popular....
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....