Different policy proposals are being suggested by the insurance industry to combat churn, but they have not been universally accepted. Who should be responsible for effor...
The risk insurance industry has defied all odds and continued to experience strong growth amid economic uncertainty. However, that is not to say the sector has managed to...
The financial services industry has turned its attention to the parliamentary independents in the wake of the failure of the PJC reviewing the FOFA bills....
The Australian financial services industry is facing some serious challenges through 2012 – something which Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden pointe...
The Government is expected to announce variable transitionary arrangements around the implementation of FOFA....
The desire by superannuation fund members to retain small balance accounts to access insurance benefits poses a challenge with respect to auto-consolidation....
New Financial Services Council research backs benefits of auto-consolidation of superannuation accounts....
While Challenger has sought to put annuities on the agenda for the first Superannuation Roundtable meeting, the FPA is pushing its own line on concessional contributions ...
Financial Services Council accuses industrial judiciary of abrogating its responsibility to create a transparent default superannuation funds system....
Financial Services Council accuses industrial judiciary of abrogating its responsibility to create a transparent default superannuation funds system....
Regulatory uncertainty is causing the financial planning industry to contract and dissuading young graduates from taking up the profession, according to FSC chief John Br...
FOFA bills still risk making financial advice more inaccessible, says Financial Services Council's John Brogden....
Scaled financial advice is a promising offering receiving a big push from the Government and industry regulators. However, lingering uncertainties are preventing the serv...
Although the process involving the upcoming FOFA reforms commenced a few years ago, the reforms package still looks like an unsolved jigsaw puzzle, writes Pam Roberts....
Mike Taylor reports that the likelihood of a bipartisan report and meaningful amendments emerging from the Parliamentary Joint Committee reviewing the FOFA bills is becom...
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...