The Federal Government has set a date for the rollout of its public adviser registry, which licensees will fund via increased lodgement fees up to $44. ...
FPA chairman, Matthew Rowe, has queried the dearth of practicing planners on FSC/AFA insurance working group....
Financial Services Council chief executive, John Brogden, has labelled the existing default super regime a “racket” which is standing in the way of lower super fees....
Adviser competency and professional standards would be boosted by the formation of a new adviser-funded body that sets standards for different advice segments, the Financ...
AIA Australia chief executive, Damien Mu has joined the board of the Financial Services Council. ...
AFA and FSC form working body while FPA calls for insurance providers to review their offerings...
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...
Increased Government regulation of the financial services sector will not improve the public’s view of the industry, the Minister for Finance and acting Deputy Treasurer,...
Col Fullagar explores the seldom-mentioned stressors associated with the claims process and their potential fallout....
The FSC’s call for an industry-funded advisory board has drawn scorn from two of finance industry’s most vocal bodies....
A new statutory body should control education and professional standards according to FSC, however it may sideline professional associations seeking self-regulation....
The corporate regulator states a co-regulatory model could work for financial advisers but says it is cost-effective and ethically practical to only work with one profess...
The Federal Government’s deal with PUP to secure the scrapping of the mining tax has united the financial services industry in condemning the delay to lifting the SG....
Strong growth in total annual contributions to superannuation funds since the GFC driven by improved economic state in US and UK....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...