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

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

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

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

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....

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

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

The Federal Government will allow its expert standards setting body discretion to issue exemptions on a case-by-case basis....