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University of Wollongong academics Shantha P Yahanpath and Shan P Yahanpath argue that there is a better way for financial planners to approach wealth management....

Mike Taylor writes that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s probe into the Commonwealth Bank may be unprecedented but its outcome will fall far short of many...

Mike Taylor writes that it would be folly to remove the Australian Securities and Investments Commission from the Australian Public Service....

The financial planning industry will need to unite behind higher educational standards and ethics and reject the noisy dissenters if it is to become a profession, Mike Ta...

The superannuation sector may be facing further consolidation in the wake of the further empowering of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, Adam Gee writes....

Mike Taylor writes that the Government’s proposals to make it easier for people to opt-out of insurance within superannuation comes with risks which cannot be ignored....

The Federal Opposition will be on the right track in pursuing a review of the financial services regulatory settings, but only if it aims to identify the failings while f...

The Financial Planning Association has clearly defined the difference between planners and accountants and why one size does not fit all with respect to remuneration, Mik...

Mike Taylor writes that a broad cross-section of the financial services industry has voiced its concerns about a compensation scheme of last resort but few appear to be l...

Mike Taylor writes that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission was fundamental to the changes being wrought on the financial services external dispute resol...

Recent federal ministerial rhetoric suggests the financial services industry has few friends in high places and difficulty in finding its voice, Mike Taylor writes....

Peter Bobbin points to the ‘alternative facts’ being peddled by the Australian Taxation Office with respect to the 2016 Federal Budget changes to superannuation....

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