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Follow our coverage of the FSI final report on Sunday

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
Financial Standard will be providing comprehensive coverage of the Financial System Inquiry's final report after its release on Sunday.

Government explains Challenger annuity mix-up

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Department of Social Services (DSS) has given its reasons for changing the way it assesses Challenger's Care Annuity, saying it had mistakenly been assessing it on the grounds that investors in the annuity could not get their capital back.

Alternatives industry body launches Australian branch

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association has launched a new chapter in Australia, it was announced today to be headed up by the Future Fund's head of debt and alternatives David George.

Senate grills ASIC after it blocks 250,000 websites

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will face a Senate grilling after blocking a quarter of a million websites when it was seeking to prevent access to sites associated with investment fraud.

Challenger Care Annuity sales suspended

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
Challenger has suspended sales of its Care Annuity product and will pursue legal avenues after the government announced it would reassess the social security treatment of investors in the annuity.

AMP, Vanguard and ASIC join forces to simplify disclosure

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
AMP and Vanguard are taking part in an Australian Securities Investment Commission (ASIC) initiative to produce simpler financial product guides.

APRA's IT infrastructure strains

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
In an extraordinary admission, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has written to super fund trustees telling them APRA's information technology and data management systems are struggling to deal with the new data reporting regime it ...

Original FoFA laws take immediate effect

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
Financial advisers must fully comply with Labor's original Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) laws from today, after the Senate voted to disallow the government's amendments last night.

ASIC begins legal action against LM Investment Management

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has begun legal action against LM Investment Management (LMIM) founder Peter Charles Drake and its former directors.

Cormann to keep up the FoFA fight

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The government will continue with its quest to push through amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms despite last night's crushing defeat in the Senate.