Kelly O'Dwyer

Financial planning

O’Dwyer wants rid of four-day adviser ‘cowboys’

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Sevices, Kelly O'Dwyer has confirmed people can call themselves as advisers with as little as four days' training and she thinks hi...

Features

2016: That’s a policy wrap

Malavika Santhebennur writes that many policy issues that beleaguered the financial services sector in 2015 remained in 2016, and would continue into 2017....

Financial planning

Industry welcomes education bill

Industry associations have welcomed the Federal Government’s introduction of the bill to mandate higher education and professional standards for advisers....

Financial planning

Government introduces professional standards bill

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer, has introduced the bill to mandate professional standards and education into Parliament today....

Policy & Regulation

O’Dwyer slaps down industry funds on governance

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services has taken the industry funds to task over their own governance review, claiming it has fallen into a black hole....

Superannuation

O’Dwyer warns on super balance erosion

Superannuation funds have been warned to fix the problems which have seen super balances eroded by insurance premiums....

Editorial

The churn chimera and real politik

There will always be a big question mark over whether churn was a real problem or a handy political lever, but the outcome represents the exercise of pragmatic politics....

Life/Risk

O’Dwyer reinforces planner changes

Changes to remuneration structures in life insurance sit alongside higher educational and professional standards in restoring consumer confidence, according to Kelly O'Dw...

Financial planning

LIF bill back on table this week

Federal minister, Kelly O’Dwyer, will seek to re-introduce the LIF legislation into Parliament this Thursday, but she stressed the Government did not want to add to the u...

Policy & Regulation

LIF changes not price fixing – O’Dwyer

Revenue and Financial Services Minister, Kelly O’Dwyer has warned that the changes to commission structures under LIF could have been harsher without industry consultatio...

Policy & Regulation

LIF legislation will end churn – O’Dwyer

The Government's legislation underpinning the Life Insurance Framework will enter Parliament next week with the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer...

Financial planning

FOS wary of banking tribunal

The FOS has cautioned against a new dispute resolution forum in the form of a banking tribunal, warning the Government should allow for the completion of the review into ...

Policy & Regulation

Labor misued FOS data to push for Royal Commission

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer, accused the opposition of selectively and wrongly utilising Financial Ombudsman Service data to push for a...

Editorial

Equity and effectiveness should trump cost-savings

The Government has commissioned a timely review of the external dispute resolution schemes covering financial services, but it should focus more on equity and effectivene...