AFA and FSC form working body while FPA calls for insurance providers to review their offerings...

MFAA claims mortgage brokers have not been through any major scandals as a result of lower levels of risk and the application of higher professional standards...

AMP chief exeuctive, Craig Meller says financial services reform has cost his company hundreds of millions of dollars and should be given time to work....

Increased Government regulation of the financial services sector will not improve the public’s view of the industry, the Minister for Finance and acting Deputy Treasurer,...

The corporate regulator states a co-regulatory model could work for financial advisers but says it is cost-effective and ethically practical to only work with one profess...

The financial services sector still lacks regulation that requires advisers to identify when they are providing independent advice and when they are selling products, a l...

Current regulatory mechanisms are too process-driven to facilitate innovative business models in the financial services sector, The Fold said....

ASIC has flagged a crack-down on breach reporting with particular emphasis on high risk licensees with poor cultures....

ASIC has stressed the need for AFS licensees to submit written breach reports to it within 10 business days of finding a breach or likely breach....

The Federal Government should audit of the reviews within financial services to ensure the FSI is not lost within other overlapping inquiries and reviews. ...

A simple approach will form the backbone of groceries giant, Coles’ push into the financial services sector....

Herbert Smith Freehills says the financial services sector needs new regulation that will put a spotlight on “product rationalisation”....

ASIC has requested members of the financial services sector to report suspected breaches and inappropriate behaviour....

The financial services sector needs a new ASIC commissioner specifically to deal with international regulatory issues....