The Financial Services Council has supported the view of Richard St John that a last resort compensation scheme would be 'inappropriate and counterproductive' for the fin...
Institute of Chartered Accountants specialist Liz Westover questions who is really paying for the Government's Federal Budget changes to superannuation....
The Government has confirmed the degree to which the financial services industry will be slugged to deliver on elements of its Stronger Super levy....
Superannuation funds "should be as transparent as listed companies", says Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden....
The collapse of Storm Financial and Trio Capital are cited as the catalysts for strengthening the powers of the regulators via FOFA and Stronger Super, but as Mike Taylor...
APRA reveals just how much it costs to travel and regulate....
Australia's current financial markets' regulatory structure gives it an advantage compared to the byzantine structures in other markets, according to Nick Sherry....
ASFA has warned that the Government's inaction on CGT relief will be an impediment to its implementation of Stronger Super....
Financial Services Council sponsored research accuses unions and financial planners of "gaming" the default superannuation fund regime....
The Government needs to start talking to the major insurers about a standardised approach to auto-consolidation....
The FPA and AFA will continue to press for amendments to FOFA despite the 12-month implementation period....
Recent suggestions that Kevin Rudd would offer Bill Shorten the Treasury portfolio in the event Rudd returned to the prime ministership is a reflection of the silliness t...
SMSFs were one of the target areas for the Stronger Super reforms and while SPAA was broadly happy with the proposed measures, it still has some concerns about implementa...
Freya Purnell takes a closer look at what life after Stronger Super might bring to the superannuation sector....
David Shirlow explains how to use insurance to address SMSF property investment liquidity....
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...