The Governance Institute has urged the Senate to wait for hard evidence from a whistleblowing project from Griffith University before making recommendations rather than r...
The Financial Services Council has conceded that a more exacting MySuper approval process may be needed before all MySuper funds can be offered as defaults....
Westpac has emerged as the latest major bank to reveal the manner in which regulatory and compliance costs are dragging on its wealth management businesses....
Combining regulation and technology, regtech, could solve regulatory and compliance burdens to create new efficiencies in the financial system, the Federal Treasurer beli...
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 legal representation or advice....
The chief ombudsman, Shane Tregellis, has said the Financial Ombudsman Service is never reluctant to call on the expertise of planners to help in dealing with disputes....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is perceived as diverting funding away from external dispute resolution towards its own regulatory agenda, according ...
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 its examination of claims han...
Business confidence has fallen from its five year high, while perceptions about Australia’s economic outlook improve, according to a new Sensis survey. ...
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...