Chris Barrett has been appointed by Treasurer Jim Chalmers as chair of the Productivity Commission to replace Michael Brennan....

The Government is seeking a new chair for the Productivity Commission after Michael Brennan announced he would be stepping down after five years....

Placing consumers and their treating doctors at the centre of the decision-making process will improve outcomes and reduce the claims costs for life insurers to keep prem...

Mike Taylor writes that the Government’s Your Future, Your Super Budget announcement might look good at first blush but contains a number of wrinkles which need to be iro...

Legislation will be introduced next year to allow trustees to voluntarily transfer any amount of inactive low balance accounts to the tax office, spelling the beginning o...

The Government has moved to dilute what it sees as dominant industry voices by moving to put in place a consumer advocacy body for superannuation....

Senator Jane Hume may have spoken about changes to superannuation but, based on previous experience, writes Graeme Colley, it may be a while until they come to fruition....

Seven different regulators combined with three different complaints and disciplinary bodies mean that financial planners have been left sinking in a regulatory swamp....

Super funds should tailor their portfolios for pension phase investors to take advantage of after-tax alpha....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s SMSF factsheet contains ‘an array of seemingly deliberate inaccuracies’ and should be withdrawn, according to econo...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted that its earlier pronouncements on ending grandfathered commissions was based on sample-sized data....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled its continuing scepticism about mortgage broker commissions while claiming consumer research has valida...

Will changes to default superannuation arrangements combine with changes to income streams serve to squeeze many advisers out of the superannuation market?...

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees flagged that superannuation needed different treatment to other institutions by the Australian Prudential Regulation A...