The major financial planning representative groups have met informally to discuss the direction of policy amid the Australia Securities and Investments Commission’s conti...

The savings identified by the Financial Services Council in its new advice green paper are marginal, at best, according to the chief executive of major licensee, Countplu...

A focus on legacy products has become one of the biggest barriers to innovation and the industry needs to be prepared to bear the burden of investment in improving those ...

The corporate regulator has asked the industry to better help the regulators better regulate the industry....

A new Financial Services Council green paper has suggested that a moral risk will emerge if self-licensed advisers are allowed to proliferate in the absence of dealer gro...

Superannuation industry associations may be facing significant consolidation as the Government’s new legislation forces to superannuation funds to justify spending member...

The industry needs to simplify the way it presents advice to clients as statements of advice can increase anxiety for consumers and does not build trust, according to a p...

The Financial Services Council says the expansion of the scope and length of the committee will help Australia become a technology and finance centre....

As the major licensees compete to attract advice businesses and individual advisers, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s new approach to reference-chec...

As Government back-benchers canvass allowing people to opt out of a higher superannuation guarantee, data provided to a Parliamentary Committee suggests people have littl...

The Financial Services Council has nominated initiating a compensation scheme of last resort as one of the major challenges facing the Government in 2021. ...

The Government’s Retirement Income Review has been welcomed but the industry has differing views on the superannuation guarantee increase and accessing home equity to fun...

Placing consumers and their treating doctors at the centre of the decision-making process will improve outcomes and reduce the claims costs for life insurers to keep prem...

Australia’s superannuation system means the country has an advantage over other countries when it comes to helping its citizens prepare for retirement, according to Larry...