Financial services firms are seeking advice on their litigation exposure pending potential changes to existing employee share scheme arrangements....

FPA says changes will result in increased costs for consumers, NIBA welcomes limits to compensation payouts....

Investors in retail fund products should be given the right to turn off a trail payment if they feel they are not receiving any service from their nominated adviser, acco...

Government 'chopping and changing' on superannuation....

Watson Wyatt managing director Andrew Boal warns that some of the tinkering with superannuation might ultimately place greater pressure on the age pension....

While the benefits of the popular Transition to Retirement strategy have been reduced as a result of changes to concessional contribution limits announced in last night's...

Changes to salary sacrifice and co-contribution arrangements to provide $4.2 billion in savings, with Wayne Swan winding back some of the Howard Government's 'better supe...

Self-funded retirees have been given a minor boost in the Budget with the Government carrying over the minimum pension draw-down relief afforded to this group over the la...

The response to Wayne Swan's 2009 Federal Budget has been mixed, with various financial services bodies choosing to view the super changes in different lights, ranging fr...

The regulator will receive more than $81 million over four years in an effort to boost its 'front line' monitoring and enforcement activities in light of the current econ...

Another quarter of negative returns means some pensioners are having to contemplate a return to the workforce, according to new research by Chant West....

Many direct property managers blame the government guarantee for the negative impact on their businesses, and will now change the way they market themselves to investors ...

The Corporations Legislation Amendment Bill will include requirements for all retail debentures and promissory notes to have a trust deed, trustee arrangements and a full...

The government subsidies being given to first home owners, at a time when interest rates are low and unemployment is on the rise, could be adding to an already heavy debt...