Senate Committee recommends higher education, professional association membership and enshrinement of ‘financial planner’ in report on ASIC performance...

ASIC should be given the power to immediately suspend financial planners who it suspects have engaged in misconduct according to Senate Committee....

The Senate Committee reviewing the performance of ASIC has recommended a royal commission into the Commonwealth Financial Planning debacle....

Superannuation bodies have urged Clive Palmer to save the low income super contribution (LISC) scheme by voting down the repeal of the Mining Resources Rent Tax (MRRT)....

Australians need to put a minimum of an extra 5.5 per cent of their salaries into superannuation each year on top of the super guarantee, experts from Deloitte Actuaries ...

Investor confidence still has not caught up to February highs amid signs of deflation in developed markets and structural slowdown in emerging markets....

The draft Tax Agent Services Act regulations have proposed waiving tax and commercial law course requirements for financial planners with relevant experience....

Melinda Howes has been lured away from AMP to become General Manager of Super at BTFG....

National Australia Bank has invited IPAC Securities founder, Peeyush Gupta to join its board. ...

ISA claims bank owned super funds ran campaign to remove ads but will continue with them after making changes required by ASIC ...