Aleks Vickovich

In a normal industry, customers choosing to take their patronage elsewhere would be an unremarkable everyday occurrence. But superannuation is no normal industry.

AMP chief executive Blair Vernon says lead generators and “introducers” present a sleeper risk in the financial system beyond the collapse of Shield and First Guardian.

Every time the superannuation sector attempts to flip the script on insurance and death benefit claims handling, it somehow keeps getting dragged back into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.

APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole has warned that super funds need to prepare for a radically different threat environment and that controversial

Within minutes of the formal deliberations commencing at the 50 Australian Labor Party national conference in Adelaide on Thursday, the word “superannuation” was uttered.

The nation's largest superannuation fund has heeded the call of regulators to lift its risk appetite and embark on personal financial advice to members. Even with the counsel of top lawyer Michelle Levy, the megafund will find it challenging to navigate the complex advice laws as they stand, but its bullishness is likely a positive sign for the future of advice reform.

Minister for Financial Services Daniel Mulino will on Wednesday unveil a suite of regulatory and policy measures aimed at “strengthening protections

Minister for Financial Services Daniel Mulino will on Wednesday unveil a suite of regulatory and policy measures aimed at “strengthening protections

The world has changed. This is how Minister for Financial Services Daniel Mulino justified the government's decision to renege on its

In the hotly contested superannuation and financial services policy portfolio, there are few areas of genuine bipartisanship.