Policy & Regulation

The Financial Services Council has conceded that a more exacting MySuper approval process may be needed before all MySuper funds...

Westpac has emerged as the latest major bank to reveal the manner in which regulatory and compliance costs are dragging...

Combining regulation and technology, regtech, could solve regulatory and compliance burdens to create new efficiencies in the financial system, the...

The Government’s review of financial services external dispute resolution has revealed overwhelming industry support for a last resort compensation scheme.

The Law Council of Australia claims few consumers are capable of pursuing disputes through FOS and other EDR providers without...

The chief ombudsman, Shane Tregellis, has said the Financial Ombudsman Service is never reluctant to call on the expertise of...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is perceived as diverting funding away from external dispute resolution towards its own regulatory...

The Government announced a new independent standards body for financial advisers, as a part of its professional standard reforms.

The Australian Bankers Association says public support for a Royal Commission is far less than is being claimed.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will scrutinise non-advised life/risk sales as a central element of the second stage of...