The Murray financial services inquiry recognises we have an issue with "too big to fail" banks -- while noting we are increasing the chances of failure through our love affair with property. Bernard Keane and Glenn Dyer write.
The Murray Financial Services Inquiry warns of the very problems the government is now making worse in financial planning and super -- and departs from the holy writ of earlier financial inquiries.
And so DJs has been sold to the highest bidder -- a South African company. What does shareholder Solomon Lew do next?
While the government rails at the industry superannuation sector, Labor is contemplating a second-best option when it comes to the Commonwealth Bank financial planning scandal.
Actually, there is a royal commission underway into superannuation -- except it's part of the government's anti-union witch-hunt.
Here are some of the best and worst books by Australian politicians in recent times. You be the judge on which one to demand at Christmas time ...
A flood of pollies have books coming out, from Julia Gillard to John Howard and Bob Day. We look at what makes for a good read in this tricky genre.
We're headed for an era of mateship-based regulation in financial planning, in which the big banks will get away with as much as they can until governments decide it's politically unpalatable.
A strong start to the financial year across all markets.
A problem in the drafting of the government's FOFA repeal regulation means conflicted remuneration can continued to be paid to financial planners even in circumstances where the government claims it is prohibited.
