Editorial

Tasmanian Liberal Senator, David Bushby, who is chairing the Senate Committee reviewing ASIC, made a very good point when he said that nothing in the FOFA changes will pr...

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Don’t move – or I’ll shoot your commissions

The Association of Financial Advisers was right to open talks with Treasury officials around the status of grandfathering when planners move between one licensee and anot...

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Five years without fiddling with superannuation?

The Federal Treasurer, Chris Bowen, made a very good point when addressing the recent Financial Services Council annual conference: in 1996 the then Federal Opposition pr...

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Financial planners in limbo until after Federal Election

Financial planner recruitment and migration within the financial services industry is virtually on hold until after the 7 September Federal Election....

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A pendulum swings both ways

Industry Super Network CEO David Whiteley has made an appeal to financial advisers to give FOFA a chance to work before rushing to have the reforms amended. ...

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Equipsuper’s SMSF play a sign of the times

How can you tell that SMSFs are the 'hot ticket' with respect to financial services revenue generation? When virtually all sectors of the industry are competing for terri...

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Superannuation should not pay for a Federal Budget surplus

The Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan and the Treasury must shelve any plans they may have to alter the superannuation tax regime to achieve a Budget surplus, warns Mike Taylo...

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A middle ground on churn and clawback concerns

On all the available evidence, the financial services industry is well on its way to finding a remuneration formula capable of meeting both the Government's requirements ...

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Independent financial advisers are alive and well

While FOFA and a number of other factors have seen many planners moving under the umbrellas of the major banks and institutions, the independent financial advice sector i...

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Why APES 230 goes further than FOFA

The trouble with APES 230 is that it goes much further than FOFA, with a prohibition on commissions and the elimination of asset-based fee arrangements....

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Government’s superannuation tinkering takes its toll

APRA and Australian Bureau of Statistics data suggest the Government’s constant tinkering with superannuation is undermining confidence in the sector....

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Are FOFA and Stronger Super here to stay?

While the Opposition Spokesman on Financial Services, Senator Mathias Cormann, has signalled an intention to roll back elements of FOFA and Stronger Super, financial plan...