GOVERNMENT AND REGULATION

Editorial

Claudine Siou investigates some superannuation benchmarks that will help ensure clients enjoy a comfortable retirement....

Financial planning

The industry needs to turn its lobbying focus back towards educating consumers about the dangers of underinsurance, according to CommInsure's Tim Browne....

Superannuation

The Opposition is not trying to wage a war against industry superannuation funds, but the FOFA bill has to be fair across the entire industry, said Shadow Minister for Fi...

Financial planning

Key regulators have admitted that deliberate financial services fraud is hard to stop with or without regulatory changes....

Financial planning

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft has outlined the regulator's proposed measures to improve the "competency and quality of ad...

Financial planning

ASIC has agreed on the need for transparency around fee arrangements on scaled advice....

Superannuation

The Federal Opposition has succeeded in having ASIC review the latest ISN television advertising campaign....

Financial planning

Sydney-based financial services firm Far East Capital has had its Australian financial services licence suspended by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Superannuation

SPAA and Russell want to know what SMSF trustees think are the big issues....

Financial planning

The ISN has used an ASIC report that found around 90 per cent of income of the top 20 licensees is paid by product providers to reiterate calls for key elements of the FO...

Financial planning

ISN chief executive David Whiteley declines to tell the AFA conference what industry fund advertising is actually costing....

Financial planning

The insurance and superannuation industries are relatively well placed to absorb further falls in the stock market and a blow-out in credit spreads, according to APRA cha...

People & Products

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced the appointment of Peter Kell and Greg Tanzer as the regulator’s new commissioners....

Financial planning

ASIC is consulting on new equity market structure issues with a view to preparing the market for the entrance of new market competitors....

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Opposition claims the Government's FOFA bill breaches its own best practice with respect to regulatory impact....

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