The Productivity Commission has been told that the cost of changing the rules around the provision of ‘general advice’ could run into millions of dollars....
The Productivity Commission chairman, Peter Harris, has claimed the Future of Financial Advice increased market concentration while suggesting planners should be allowed ...
The mortgage broking industry is facing the prospect of a consumer best interest duty as a result of Productivity Commission scrutiny....
The Productivity Commission is urging that the regulators be given more power to drive competition in the financial services industry....
The Productivity Commission has agreed the term ‘general advice’ is misleading and should be changed, with advice being regarded as being owned by professional advisers....
MLC Life Insurance is urging regulatory flexibility to facilitate greater use of robo technology in the life/risk advice space....
AMP Limited has claimed there is no evidence to substantiate claims that 'independent' financial advice is of better quality than that delivered by planners working withi...
The CBA was the first bank yesterday to announce it was removing ATM withdrawal fees, and was quickly followed by the other majors amid continuing calls for a Royal Commi...
Even well-meaning financial planners may not always be competent to advise on complex superannuation issues, according to a submission filed with the Productivity Commis...
The Productivity Commission has been asked to consider why APRA-regulated funds do not allow their members to achieve the same tax outcomes as members of SMSFs....
The Australian Bankers’ Association has called for a change to tax reforms as part of a review into how public sector services are funded....
Retail funds and self-managed superannuation funds have outstripped industry funds for member satisfaction mostly due to higher account balances, according to the latest ...
Industry Super Australia has attacked the direction of the Productivity Commission’s latest superannuation inquiry arguing it is too focused on competition while ignoring...
Superannuation fund members are being ill-served by the current group superannuation regime and should be made to opt-in, according to insurer, ClearView....
A Royal Commission will trump any Productivity Commission scrutiny of vertical integration in the financial services sector, according to Federal Opposition leader, Bill ...
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,...