The financial planning industry has welcomed ASIC's guidance on fee disclosure, though some argue it should have applied only to new clients....
Apart from volatile markets and investor sentiment, this year has also seen major policy developments, new investment trends and key career and business moves. Tim Stewar...
The launch of a national curriculum for financial planning degrees by the Financial Planning Education Council was a major win for the industry in 2012....
The Financial Services Council's position on life insurance churn proved controversial, attracting criticism from the likes of Synchron's Don Trapnell....
The Financial Planning Association’s ‘side deal’ with the Industry Super Network on FOFA drew plenty of flack from many key industry figures....
Mathias Cormann, David Whiteley and John Brogden to debate MySuper implications in Sydney next week at a joint Money Management/Association of Financial Advisers thought ...
Superannuation industry bodies and Minister Shorten have welcomed the passage of the third tranche of the MySuper laws....
The ISN has announced a new range of governance standards for super funds, but the Opposition has expressed disappointment that the need for independent directors has not...
Government's default fund legislation passes House of Representatives despite industry and Coalition misgivings....
The AFA's Brad Fox says the Government's approach to MySuper legislation appears to have been a foregone conclusion because the Government released its majority report ju...
While the Opposition Spokesman on Financial Services, Senator Mathias Cormann, has signalled an intention to roll back elements of FOFA and Stronger Super, financial plan...
Industry Super Network has appointed former Lonsec staffer Anh Nguyen to support its research and policy capabilities....
The Industry Super Network claims high frequency trading is benefiting a small subset of investors at the expense of super funds....
The Financial Services Council has hit back at Industry Super Network criticism of its superannuation governance policy, claiming it adopts the highest standards availabl...
Bill Shorten has fuelled criticisms of the Government from within the financial services sector by appearing to pre-empt the findings of the Productivity Commission....
What happened to the 700,000 million of MLC if $1.2 Billion was migrated to Expand but Expand had only 512 Million in in...
The judge was quite undrstanding! THEN AASSIICC comes along and closes him down!All you 15600 people who work in the bu...
How could that underestimate happen?usually the quote transfer straight into the SOA, and what on earth has the commissi...