The number of super funds dropped 72 per cent to 244 in 10 years as funds were attracted to the idea that scale could provide more member services without increasing char...
Allowing young people early access to super to fund their first home would set back a retirement system still struggling to fully deliver, the ISA said....
The introduction of CIPR could provide a strategic benefit for industry funds but only if they invested rigorously in product design....
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has declared that capping commissions helps insurers more than anyone else and may lead to collusion....
The superannuation concessional contribution cap for people over 50 should be reinstated, according to the IPA....
Despite suggestions to the contrary, Australia’s major superannuation funds direct more than half their allocations towards equities....
Optimo Financial has today announced that it would overhaul its superannuation software in response to legislated changes in the super sector....
Industry fund, First Super has sought risk advice from equity managers on investing in franchise model companies following wage scandals....
ASIC has confirmed it will be shadow shopping advisers who recently provided advice on SMSFs as it focuses on areas of potential risk of poor advice....
A large cohort of SMSFs and other retirees transitioning to drawdown phase as well as a volatile global market highlights the need for advice....
ASIC deputy chairman, Peter Kell has warned accountants the regulator will be visiting their firms to ensure they are operating within the new licensing regime....
Restoring trust and confidence in advice were the main drivers behind the reforms imposed on the financial advice industry from FOFA to professional standards, according ...
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...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...