West Australian Liberal Senator, Mathias Cormann is to retire from politics later this year, meaning the financial services industry will lose a minister with a deep unde...

The difficulty of liquidating cash portfolios during the pandemic has highlighted the changing outlook for cash, according to IFM Investors who are suggesting investors c...

Senator Jane Hume has called on the Labor Party to enable the FASEA extension to return to business after a ruling yesterday on listed investment companies. ...

The ban on conflicted remuneration to listed investment companies will be extended following a consultation by the Treasury, removing an impediment to the FASEA exam exte...

Implementation of the key financial products design and distribution obligations has been deferred until well into the second half of next year....

While industry associations have welcomed the six-month deferral, they have called for the Government to be open to reviewing the timeline given the uncertainty of the CO...

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....

Government Senators are claiming vindication because a senior Treasury official has suggested Industry Super Australia may have used inappropriate data to inflate the imp...

Westpac has revised downwards its expectations for unemployment from 11% to 9% in light of the newly-unveiled JobKeeper proposals....

The Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, and the Australian Office for Financial Management have announced measures to support the small and medium-sized business (SMEs) sector wi...

The “jury is out” over how successful the investment impact of the Federal Government’s stimulus package will be to the economy, according to VanEck....

Advisers should not be tainted by media reports that they are using stamping fees as a remuneration loophole, according to the Association of Financial Advisers. ...

The Federal Government is being confronted by an increasingly united front on the need to retain the deductibility of advice fees from MySuper products....