FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR

Editorial

While many Australians will resent a Federal Budget which includes a lifting of the pension age to 70, such a move is likely to generate plenty of business and new produc...

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Policy & Regulation

FOFA should be given time to settle before further changes, according to Minter Ellison....

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Financial planning

ASIC claims it is constrained by limited resources and a priority to protect consumer investors after claims it has overlooked the actions of commercial lenders...

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Financial planning

The attributes that companies are seeking in financial planners are drastically changing, with sales no longer a must-have skill, writes Milana Pokrajac. ...

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Financial planning

An investment company which bought 49 per cent stake in van Eyk Research last year spends another $1 million on financial services start-ups....

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Financial planning

ASIC warns that disclaimers attaching to financial services advertising claims must be displayed prominently....

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Financial planning

ASIC Chair Greg Medcraft says no financial services regulator can stop corporate failures without onerous compliance regimes. ...

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Editorial

While there are many loose ends associated with the Future of Financial Advice regime, Mike Taylor writes that the Government should avoid allowing its Financial Systems ...

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Financial planning

Industry Super Australia wants the Government’s FSR process to traverse conflicts of interest and the role of sales and advice personnel....

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Financial planning

Government inquiry urged to consider cumulative effect of regulatory change, effectiveness of dispute resolution schemes and introduction of self-regulation....

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Financial planning

Former PIS boss Robbie Bennetts claims ASIC lacks an understanding of the financial services sector, is unwilling to listen and is not trusted and respected by the financ...

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Editorial

The recognition of women in the financial services sector reached new heights this year with the launch of a number of dedicated award schemes and programs....

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Editorial

The financial services industry has spent much of the past six years dealing with legislative and regulatory change and, as Mike Taylor writes, the forthcoming Financial ...

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Editorial

Olivia Maragna has won the inaugural Money Management/Super Review Women in Finance Services Awards' Financial Planner of the Year Award. ...

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Editorial

The Financial Planning Association has canvassed the possibility of a professional association regulating the industry alongside ASIC but, as Mike Taylor writes, many wil...

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