Concerned that the Trowbridge report reflects their working reality, life/risk advisers dominate 130 submissions to the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group....

ISA’s Whiteley claims the existing default funds regime is a safety net sanctioned by three inquiries, including FSI....

The FPA’s Matthew Rowe has questioned the survivability of a number of financial planning organisations....

Northern Trust has continued its Asia-Pacific expansion with opening of Seoul office. ...

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

The domination of industry super funds in the modern award system has left virtually no market for higher performing, lower fee funds, according to the Financial Services...

The FSC has told a Parliamentary Committee that ASIC needs to get more proactive in pursuing enforcement when planning breaches occur....

The increase in the cap for concessional contributions has led to the fastest growth in seven years for discretionary contributions while compulsory contributions have pl...

Financial services companies that adopt and use financial technology (fintech) are most likely to succeed while the sector undergoes disruption and change according to AW...

The financial services industry has broadly welcomed the positives in the FSI final report....

FSI urges opening up default funds to competition along with removing the barriers to post-retirement product development...

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

ISA claimed industry super funds have outperformed their bank-owned counterparts when it comes to median returns, after APRA released Quarterly MySuper Statistics....

Industry organisations have applauded parliament’s restoration of the grandfathering provision in the latest round of the FOFA reforms, claiming it overturned a rule that...