The Federal Government has moved to lift the restriction on the use of the descriptor ‘bank’ in a move which is expected to see many more approved deposit-taking institut...

The Government has only tinkered around the edges by closing off a superannuation guarantee loophole being used by unscrupulous employers, say the industry funds....

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services has cited the Commonwealth Bank’s treatment of financial planning whistleblower, Jeff Morrison, in beefing up legislative ...

It is time for planners to bring aged care advice into sharper focus and initiate conversations with their clients around cost, structures, and implications for other are...

The Federal Government is honing in on identifying millions of dollars in funding links between industry funds, unions and the Australian Labor Party....

The Future of Financial Advice has cost a great deal of money and the jury is still out on the ultimate benefits, according to a Financial Planning Association submission...

Allowing young Australians to access their super to fund home purchases is tantamount to crossing a quarter-horse with a donkey to deliver a not very pretty mule....

The Government has recommitted to growing the funds management industry with the promise of legislation to create a new corporate collective investment vehicle....

While the industry has welcomed the passage of the professional standards bill, Kelly O’Dwyer has reiterated the Government’s arguments against a Royal Commission into ba...

The Government has moved a step closer to the implementation of a last resort compensation scheme covering the financial services industry....

Impact Investing Australia has thrown support behind the government’s latest discussion paper on the benefits of impact investing....

The Government has laid out the initial ground rules for its proposed ASIC product intervention regime but has invited discussion about whether super products should be i...

The Federal Government is portraying the creation of a mega-ombudsman for the financial services industry as preferable to the lawyer’s picnic which would accompany a Roy...

The Government has signalled its support for the recommendations of the special panel reviewing financial services external dispute resolution for a single body amalgamat...