Superannuation and investment software provider Financial Synergy has signaled it is close to releasing an updated version of its Acurity administration platform....

At first blush the Federal Government’s proposal for the establishment of a Council of Superannuation Custodians capable of guiding and advising on underlying policy seem...

MySuper licences could be cancelled if super fund trustees breach guidance on giving and collectively charging for intrafund advice, ASIC has warned....

While the gender balance of the executive ranks and company boards of financial services companies remain decidedly slanted, a growing number of women are breaking new gr...

David Shirlow from Macquarie Adviser Services brings you up to date with new developments regarding the way SMSF trustees can structure insurance....

With constant regulatory change impacting on the superannuation sector, financial planners are finding it difficult to focus on clients’ retirement needs, writes Bela Moo...

It is now nearly a month since the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, announced that the 2013 Federal Election would be held on 14 September – and despite her suggestions to ...

According to an Aon Hewitt survey, more than 50 per cent of employers are yet to decide what to do about new default arrangements....

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its intention to leave intra-fund advice out of the FOFA adviser charging regime....

Mike Taylor writes that FOFA is already beginning to change the shape and texture of the financial planning industry – something likely to be reflected in a rash of annou...

ASFA's Pauline Vamos argues that 2013 is the dawn of a new era for superannuation, and that the industry will cater to those who own it – the members....

On-going insurance risks have been identified in the Government's proposals to automatically consolidate superannuation accounts....

2012 will stand as a watershed year for the Australian financial planning industry – the year during which the various elements of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) l...

The cross-selling of insurance and other products by the major banks may become an issue as the Government moves towards the so-called "auto-consolidation" of multiple su...