The industry funds’ “compare the pair” advertising campaign was the catalyst for removal of commissions and, as Mike Taylor writes, the advent of FOFA and now its underly...

Closing the gap with respect to women’s retirement incomes is a challenge best surmounted via a political unity ticket....

The idea of a last resort compensation scheme is again being canvassed in Canberra but it is something that should not occur in isolation to fixing the PI insurance regim...

Those pursuing a Royal Commission into the financial planning industry need to stop spinning and get their facts straight....

Mike Taylor writes that the reporting of breaches needs to be accepted as not only a legal obligation but part and parcel of running a financial services company. ...

Industry funds have criticised the Government’s move to impose one-third independent directors on superannuation funds plus an independent chair but, as Mike Taylor repor...

Money Management’s Mike Taylor writes that, for the AFA, the whole life/risk reform process was a case of damned if you do and damned if you don’t....

Is CPA Australia’s financial planning venture an assertive move to lift industry standards or an act of post-exemption self-preservation?...

Is the Trade Union Royal Commission right in pointing to a money link between industry funds and trade unions?...

The Senate Economics References Committee focus on financial advice is proving to be more about stage craft than pursuing substantial change....

Another bout of negative publicity has reinforced the need for better differentiating the various sectors of the financial services industry....