Industry superannuation funds have questioned why product manufacturers such as investment managers have been “carved-out” of the Government’s new laws around design and ...

The Royal Commission has unsurprisingly hit consumers’ satisfaction with the banks, with negative sentiment toward the Big Four accounting for most of the drop....

Despite the bad press, 38 per cent of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and 20 per cent of advised consumers say the Royal Commission will make them even more likely to ...

The Royal Commission doesn’t seem to have dampened the industry’s hiring intentions, with the finance, insurance and real estate sector showing its highest employment int...

The Australian Banker’s Association has confirmed that the total cost of fee for no service remediation could exceed $1 billion....

After Royal Commission testimony revealing banks charged deceased clients fees, the Australian Banking Association has announced reforms to the Banking Code of Practice t...

While the Banking Royal Commission may have sent financial services industry members running for shelter, CFA Society President, Paul Smith, said a good crisis shouldn’t ...

Advice businesses will find the future increasingly challenging unless they can gain the necessary advantages of scale, according to a new report from Fortnum Private Wea...

The Royal Commission’s preliminary report may be flawed when it comes to understanding the nuances of the industry but it should be accepted as an accurate reflection of ...

ClearView has told the Royal Commission it has no intention of returning to direct life/risk insurance and will remain focused on the advised market....

The Royal Commission has been urged to hold the board members of ClearView to account for breaches of directors’ duties relating to the activities of its direct life/risk...

AMP Limited has sought to rebut claims made during the Royal Commission that it engaged in misconduct in its deduction of superannuation fund members’ insurance premiums ...

The Association of Financial Advisers has defended life/risk commissions and grandfathering while criticising the Royal Commission’s interim report, claiming it suggests ...

The director of now closed Dover Financial Planning, Terry McMaster, has written a series of articles defending his position and questioning the motivations and approach ...