The Association of Financial Advisers has pushed back on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s rules around who can and cannot use the term ‘independent’...

AIST has welcomed the digitalisation of superannuation choice forms, where a default fund must be named....

The Finance Sector Union wants an independent Government regulator to handle background checks and other protocols aimed at weeding out financial services bad apples....

Federal Treasurer, Scott Morrison has cited cracking down on ‘dodgy advice’ in his broader justification for cracking down on the big banks....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has fixed a regulatory anomaly which was unjustifiably hindering full AFSL-holders in delivering tax-exempt advice....

Industry Super Australia has welcomed the Tax Office commissioner’s call for better alignment of wages and salary with super payment timings....

The industry superannuation funds are using new research to claim that retail superannuation funds should be required to have higher levels of transparency on fees....

The Government has been warned against allowing the new licensee self-reporting regime to result in people being named and shamed without adequate proof....

Debt management advisers are operating via a regulatory loophole and need to adhere to the same regulatory standards as financial planners, a parliamentary committee has...

The major banks are facing a bipartisan pincer on the proposed bank levy with Federal Opposition leader, Bill Shorten backing such a move while continuing his calls for a...

The Budget has proposed to only allow new plant and equipment assets and items added to an investment property to be depreciated....

Vertical integration in the financial services industry will be the subject of scrutiny by the Productivity Commission....

Licensees providing holistic advice will be hit harder than those focused on general and wholesale advice under the Government’s new industry funding proposals for the Au...

The Financial Planning Association’s bid to become a code-monitoring body has taken another step with the appointment of two senior lawyers to oversee its Conduct Review ...