ASIC’s guidance on digital advice providers’ accountability is controversial as traditional advisers may use technology to automate seemingly trivial documentation, accor...

The Life Insurance Framework has bigger implications for advisers than does higher education standards. ...

Industry Super Australia wants those firms guilty of not paying in line with FOS determinations to be named and shamed....

The Life Insurance Code of Practice includes group insurers, contrary to some reports, according to TAL....

The life insurance industry is getting killed thanks to customers being ignored when they ask questions, an Integrity Resolutions principal believes. ...

ANZ, NAB, CBA, Westpac and AMP licensees have paid around $23.7 million in refunds for fees charged without the actual provision of advice, with the refund total likely t...

ASIC has disqualified an SMSF auditor who audited a fund of which he was a member and trustee....

The government should work more closely with industry super funds and leverage their scale and long-term investment horizon to boost infrastructure and economic growth, I...

ASIC has highlighted that AFSLs must have access to financial adviser records for the required period, while representatives must also keep records....

IOOF has switched its focus to advisers, with a restructured service to focus on clients, rather than a product-based sales approach....

Is the superannuation lump sum mentality coming to an end? APRA’s data suggests it is....

The life insurance industry is missing out on an opportunity by just having half a dozen providers on APLs without basis, according to a panel....

The Commonwealth Bank has reinforced the fact that it has self-reported the problems around advice clients being billed for advice they did not receive amid the high-prof...

AMP Limited has taken radical action to address deteriorating results within its insurance business, initiating a reinsurance deal with MunichRe....

ASIC has permanently banned a former Queensland authorised representative of an insurance product distributor after being sentenced for fraud and stealing....

The ASX’s mFund platform has added three funds from boutique alpha fund manager, Alphinity, to its range. ...

PIMCO has announced that it plans to internalise its responsible entity services for its $10 billion managed fund complex in Q1 of 2017. ...

Income oriented equity investors could still access a high level of income and return, despite a potential rise in US interest rates, according to SPDR. ...

Zenith has delivered a ‘recommended’ rating to Morningtar’s objective-based multi-asset offerings....

Investors should not be ignoring India as a powerful global economic force, as its demographics were improving and the government was stimulating the economy. ...