The Federal Government should use the creation of a single disciplinary body to create a single regulator and thereby reduce complexity and costs....

Too many Governments have looked for quick fixes where financial adviser regulation is concerned and it is time for an audit and the removal of costly and unnecessary lay...

MLC customers are being charged 0.1% for non-NAB owned investments and 0.15% for ASX-listed investments, according to reports....

Sam Henderson’s appearance before the Royal Commission has had its corollary in charges being laid by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission relating to all...

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been ordered to pay $5 million for failures in their AgriAdvantage Plus Package. ...

The Financial Planning Association’s proposals to have adviser registration over-ride licensing has run into a backlash from key financial planning licensees who say they...

The Financial Planning Association’s announcement of job losses and an organisational restructure driven by declining adviser numbers has reawakened calls for a merger be...

IOOF has walked away from a class action initiated against it in the wake of the Royal Commission and action by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority with a quie...

A financial planning and accounting company head has taken the media to task for seeking to tar financial advisers with the one brush when he says the vast majority are t...

Financial advisers should report any concerns they have about superannuation funds breaking the intra-fund advice rules to the Australian Securities and Investments Commi...

New analysis from KPMG has confirmed the environment is ripe for industry superannuation funds to fill the advice gap left by the exit of the major banks but there is lit...

The consumer group said the deferral struck a "sensible balance" between legislating reform and dealing with the pandemic....

The implementation of recommendations from the Royal Commission will be deferred for six months to allow the industry to deal with the impact of COVID-19....

Superannuation funds may not have been responsible for the $150,000 early release fraud being investigated by the Australian Federal Policy but their members will ultimat...