As the financial planning industry proceeds further into 2015 it must accept little or no further change to FOFA but a range of new debates and opportunities....

The Productivity Commission has signalled it won’t be traversing the default funds issue in its review of the Australian Workplace Relations Framework....

Frydenberg commits to changing an SG Charge regime described as “unnecessarily harsh”....

Newly appointed Federal Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, has backed governance improvements for superannuation funds, including more independent directors....

ASIC has vehemently denied being swayed by lobbying groups to suspend its adviser competency push. ...

Commodity derivative exchange the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has been granted a clearing and settlement (CS) facilities licence....

Support from the Palmer United Party has ensured a move by the Australian Labor Party to disallow the Government’s Future of Financial Advice regulations failed in the Se...

While media reports are suggesting Senate disallowance of the FOFA regulatory changes is a fait accompli, Cormann says wait and see....

Finance Minister, Mathias Cormann, claims the Opposition’s efforts to create a further Senate inquiry into the planning industry is political opportunism at work....

Cormann says Senate Committee report will influence the shape of the Government’s ultimate FOFA changes....

Finance Minister, Senator Mathias Cormann claims critics of the Government’s FOFA changes have fallen short on offering viable alternatives....

The Minister for Finance and acting Assistant Treasurer, Senator Mathias Cormann has cautioned against a one size fits all approach to the advice regulatory settings....

The Federal Government has provided superannaution funds with extra time to implement SuperStream standards....

The Tax Commissioner, Chris Jordan, has signalled an end to prolonged disputation and audits....