The Australian Council of Trade Unions has condemned the Government’s proposed changes to self-managed superannuation funds structures as an estate planning vehicle and c...

NSW Liberal Senator, Andrew Bragg, has stated his belief the financial services industry had too much influence over Liberal Party policy and that the Coalition was wrong...

The Government has handed the Australian Law Reform Commission the terms of reference which will underpin a major review and possible rewrite of Australia’s financial ser...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has kicked off the first phase of its review of the Life Insurance Framework with the issuing of Section 33 notices t...

Labor Senator Deborah O’Neill cautions AMP Limited against its treatment of financial advisers with respect to their buyer of last resort arrangements, arguing that such ...

IOOF’s acquisition of MLC Wealth has confirmed the multi-billion dollar exit of the major banks from wealth management in Australia at the same time as handing the firm s...

Major superannuation group, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has backed the increased use of advisers in helping people not only deal with retirement ...

Former adviser and Royal Commission witness Sam Henderson has pleaded guilty to a ‘rolled up’ charge of dishonest conduct regarding his qualifications....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reported it simply became too busy to develop a report around superannuation funds seeking to induce employers to...

Breaches of the Future of Financial Advice rules will sit at the centre of class actions being formulated against the Commonwealth Bank, AMP and Westpac and a number of t...

Mike Taylor writes that less than 12 months out from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s review of the Life Insurance Framework, the Australian life in...

With a mutual history within Credit Suisse, the exit of Alex Wade has seen AMP chief executive, Francesco De Ferrari lose one of his own....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed that AMP Limited is facing multiple legal/regulatory issues – citing between “5 and 50”....

IOOF has confirmed the final settlement of a class action brought against it related to a failed prosecution by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority with no cos...