Financial planners are already subject to the best interests duty, so any additional requirements with respect to SMSF advice would be redundant, according to the FSC....
The draft terms of reference for the Government’s Financial System Review place regulators and super on the agenda....
Linda Elkins has been named Superannuation Executive of the Year in Money Management/Super Review’s Women in Financial Services Awards 2013. ...
It was probably inevitable that within two months of gaining office and with a minimum of fuss, the Coalition Government has sought to undo some of the last legislative a...
Cooper defends work of super charter group despite it being “binned” by the new Government....
Mike Taylor writes that as a former ASIC executive, ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos has managed to spice up the submissions to the Senate Committee reviewing ASIC’s op...
The financial services industry has broadly welcomed the Government’s move to abolish the proposed tax on super earnings over $100,000....
Money Management and Super Review reveal a shortlist for their inaugural Women in Financial Services Awards....
Industry welcomes Government's changes to self education expenses and the tax on superannuation earnings over $100,000. ...
The Financial Services Council has applauded the Government for confirming its commitment to increase the Superannuation Guarantee Charge to 12 per cent as part of its re...
The wealth management industry should not only embrace digital technology but redesign its business model around the connected customer, according to a research paper....
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has condemned the new Government’s plan to axe the Low Income Super Contribution (LISC) as part of its repeal of the Mineral Resources Rent...
Mike Taylor writes that the FPA’s referral arrangement with big industry fund Cbus represents yet another indicator that, having lost the war prosecuted by the industry f...
FSC chief John Brogden has cited the need to redefine the role of the regulators, ASIC and APRA....
ASIC is trailing other industry bodies when it comes to relevance and engagement with advisers, a financial planning group believes. ...
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,...