The Government’s changes to the ECT regime add to the compliance burden, despite the ATO doing the heavy lifting. ...
Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten, has pointedly excluded the Association of Financial Advisers from those who convinced the Government to concede ground on risk commissi...
Australia's taxation of foreign managed funds will soon be aligned with countries including the US, the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore, as the Federal Government rolls out i...
Asteron has announced a range of product enhancements as part of a stated plan to help its advisers navigate through upcoming Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms. ...
The Federal Government has released for comment its draft legislation tightening up reverse mortgages....
Both the Financial Services Council and the Federal Opposition have sent the Government a clear message that they will not accept any delay in referring the status of def...
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has moved to reduce churn in the life insurance industry via a uniform approach to commissions....
The financial planning industry organisation has welcomed a signal from the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, that the Federal Govern...
The first draft of the legislation flowing from the Government’s proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes is now not likely to be made available until nex...
The Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten, has signalled the Government may be prepared to compromise on its banning of individually advised advice within superannuation....
Financial planners are set to maintain their lobbying against the Government's FOFA proposals....
The Government has released a legislative draft covering charities giving ATO greater powers....
The Association of Financial Advisers has demanded the Government explain the actual benefits of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) proposals....
The Federal Government has produced a discussion paper detailing its savings incentives....
Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, stirred up a great deal of anger and resentment recently by saying that he did not believe the key ...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...