With the end of the financial year fast approaching it is worth looking at some the hot issues that the IFSA membership is grappling with and which will become priorities...

When it comes to business tax reform most of the headlines have been about capital gains tax (CGT) reform, accelerated depreciation and the lower corporate tax proposal....

Politics is akin to cooking. Things go on the boil and off the boil. Other matters simmer and then go into a boil when the right circum-stances prevail....

The public and often divided debate on super fund choice has been on the boil for more than two years. It has survived two federal elec-tions; been endorsed by the ground...

IFSA’s first comprehensive financial services conference will kick off on Monday evening, July 19 and run through until 5pm Wednesday July 21 at Melbourne’s Convention Ce...

In previous Money Management columns, readers have been alerted to one of IFSA's major projects - the development of an industry code of ethics and associated practice st...

Nearly two years after the Wallis Inquiry, the long awaited reforms to the regulation of the nation’s financial markets are at last on the home stretch, with the release ...

According to IFSA’s industry statistics, there are about 9 million Australians who have life insurance or managed investment savings that will be affected by the business...

After a long drought, some showers of blessings have finally rained down on the savings industry. The shower was in the form of a press release on the taxation of collect...

Amidst all the talk of mergers and acquisitions in the life insurance industry, it’s easy to lose sight of the strength and size of the industry in Australia. ...